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Whether President Donald Trump would approve any of those plans remains uncertain, according to the Washington Post.
The Trump administration has deployed US Marines to the Middle East as the war in Iran stretches into its fifth week, and also has been planning to send thousands of soldiers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne to the region.
