The Pentagon will send a carrier strike group and missile defense battery to the Middle East and put more troops on "prepare to deploy" orders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said late Saturday.
Brit Hume, Fox News senior political analyst, praised President Biden's prime-time address about the war between Israel and Hamas, saying that "at least he talked about Iran."
The Biden administration's dream of cutting a nuclear deal with Iran was already on life support. This month's deadly Hamas terrorist assault on Israel may have been the death blow.
Tensions flared Wednesday on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the confirmation hearing for Jacob J. Lew, who is President Biden's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, as he rebutted accusations from Republicans that he's an Iranian sympathizer.