US redeploys aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions

The USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed for 250 days, is to be relieved by the USS George Washington.

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The redeployment leaves the Pacific without an aircraft carrier to bolster US presence in the Gulf.

The move responds to rising tensions with Iran in the region.

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