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July 25, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-pentagon-chief-says-us-will-escort-american-flagged-ships-facing-iranian-threats/2019/07/24/019c37e6-ae28-11e9-b071-94a3f4d59021_story.html

U.S. to Escort American-Flagged Ships Facing Iranian Threats

(Washington Post) Paul Sonne - Newly appointed U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. will escort American-flagged ships facing threats from Iran "to the degree that the risk demands it....In some cases, that may be strictly an overhead capability....I don't necessarily mean every U.S.-flagged ship going through the strait has a destroyer right behind it."

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