TAMPA, Fla. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to travel Tuesday to MacDill Air Force Base as the standoff with Iran escalates.
Pompeo has a meeting at CENTCOM, which is responsible for military operations in the Middle East, including Iran.
On Monday, the Pentagon ordered another 1,000 American troops to the Middle East. The move seeks to increase security in a region reeling from hostile attacks on commercial ships that the U.S. has blamed on Iran.
The troop decision comes Pompeo and other top officials reached out to leaders in Asia and Europe to convince them that Iran was behind the alleged attacks on ships in the Middle East. The Pentagon released new photos intended to bolster its case that Iran was to blame.
The images, many taken from a Navy helicopter, show what the Pentagon said were Iranian forces removing an unexploded mine from the side of the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
Note: The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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