Press TV - The acting secretary of US Department of Defense is quitting at a time the United States is escalating tensions in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday that Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration for the post "so that he can devote more time to his family." A 2011 incident involving Shanahans ...

Press TV - The United States has approved deployment of some 1,000 more soldiers to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran. Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan made the announcement on Monday, asserting that the deployment had defensive purposes. He pointed to baseless allegations that Iran is behind attacks against two ...

Reuters - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday after briefing lawmakers on the threat from Iran that the United States had deterred possible attacks by deploying forces to the region. We have deterred attacks based on our reposturing of assets - deterred attacks against American forces. Our biggest focus at this point is ...

Press TV - Both chambers of the US Congress are scheduled to be briefed amid the Trump administrations escalating of tensions with Iran. Top security officials including acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford will appear before the House of Representatives ...

The Hill | REBECCA KHEEL:Escalating tensions with Iran have laid barePresident Trumps split with the United States traditional European allies. Several times this past week, the United States appeared out-of-step with European countries on whether Iran is presenting enough of a new threat to justify a military buildup and the partial evacuation ...

The New York Times | Mark Landler, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt: President Trump has sought to put the brakes on a brewing confrontation with Iran in recent days, telling the acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, that he does not want to go to war with Iran, administration officials said, while his senior diplomats began searching for ways ...

Press TV - The B-52H Stratofortress bombers, sent to the Middle East amid the United States anti-Iran deployment, have carried out their first mission, says the US Air Forces Central Command. AFCENT saidin a brief statement on Monday that the mission was launched from a US base in Qatar Sunday. This was the first mission of the Bomber Task Force ...

Sputnik - Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan last Thursday reportedly presented an updated military plan at a meeting of President Trumps top national security aides. Pentagon has drawn a plan tosend 120,000 soldiers tothe Middle East incase ofIran's decision toaccelerate nuclear weapons development or attack US forces, the New ...

Reuters - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a new deployment of Patriot missiles to the Middle East, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, in the latest U.S. response to what Washington sees as a growing threat from Iran. The decision further bolsters U.S. defenses and comes after the Trump administration expedited the ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Fears of conflict rose Monday as the United Statesvowed to send a message to Iran by deploying an aircraft carrier strike group,amid a report that Tehran would scale back commitments under a nuclear dealafter mounting pressure by President Donald Trump. Patrick Shanahan, the acting US defense secretary, said he approved thedeployment ...