Author: Jon Gambrell
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Trump says he’s sending second aircraft carrier to the Mideast as he seeks Iran deal
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he decided to move a second aircraft carrier into the Middle East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, is being sent from the Caribbean Sea to the Mideast to join…
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UK, France and Germany initiate ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran over status of nuclear program
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel. The process, termed a “snapback” by the diplomats who negotiated it into Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal…
