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U.S. blockade of Iranian ports underway; U.S. sending thousands more troops to the Middle East

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The United States said on Tuesday that no ships had made it through its blockade of vessels using Iran’s ports, the New York Times reports. Also, the Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East in the coming days.

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