uss carl vinson, the carrier that was supposedly headed to the korean peninsula, which was notable because it revealed the ship, which had been in singapore, was now moving through the sunta straight, which means it was literally heading in the opposite direction from the place they said it was going, which was north korea. so that was strange. according to the defense department, the carrier group is now finally heading towards north korea. a fact spicer is using to try to spin away the trump administration screw-up. the statement that was put out was that the carl vinson group was headed to the korean peninsula. it is headed to the korean peninsula. it will arrive there it s headed there now, though. what s that? it s headed there now. it wasn t headed there last week. that s not what we ever said. we said it was heading there, and it was headed there. i m joined by lawrence korb, who served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration as a retir
she s just on her way up there because that s where we thought it was most prudent to have her at this time. i think when you see a carrier group steaming into an area like that, the forward presence of that is clearly through almost every instance a huge deterrence. a few days after those comments as well as the comments from the president himself, the navy published this photo of the uss carl vinson, the carrier that was supposedly headed to the korean peninsula, which was notable because it revealed the ship, which had been in singapore, was now moving through the sunta straight, which means it was literally heading in the opposite direction from the place they said it was going, which was north korea. so that was strange. according to the defense department, the carrier group is now finally heading towards north korea. a fact spicer is using to try to spin away the trump administration screw-up. the statement that was put out was that the carl vinson group was headed to t