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USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns Home as Pentagon Ends Rare Dual Carrier Deployment

The Pentagon has concluded its rare decision to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is returning home, having extended its deployment as the USS Abraham Lincoln was expedited to the region. This deployment boost, ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, aimed to bolster U.S. support for Israel amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and…