US sending roughly 4,500 more troops to Middle East, officials say

Thousands more US Marines and sailors are heading towards the Middle East as the war with Iran is about to enter its fourth week. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group have had their deployment rerouted and accelerated and are now expected to go to the Middle East, two US officials told CNN. 0:00 CNN has learned that the US is deploying thousands more Marines to the Middle East 2:04 Live report from White House on second Marine Expeditionary Unit deploying to Middle East 4:09 Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper on deployment reports 6:26 CNN senior national security reporter on troop deployment reports Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #IranWar #Marines #News

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