(CBS News) Eleanor Watson - A second Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday escorted by guided missile destroyers, U.S. Central Command said. The carrier, equipped with F-35 fighter jets, joined the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, which arrived in July. The Lincoln was ordered to the Middle East as the Biden administration prepared to help defend Israel against an expected Iranian attack.
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