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President Trump Orders U.S. Navy Strike Force USS Carl Vinson to Waters Off North Korea as Tensions Mount

Sunday, April 9, 2017 6:17
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A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program.

Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range.

The strike group, called the USS Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore toward the Korean peninsula, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity.

“We feel the increased presence is necessary,” the official said, citing North Korea’s worrisome behavior. The news was first reported by Reuters.

USS Carl Vinson heads to Korean Peninsula

In a statement late Saturday, the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet said the strike group had been directed to sail north, but it did not specify the destination. The military vessels will operate in the Western Pacific rather than making previously planned port visits to Australia, it added.

This year North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, have repeatedly indicated an intercontinental ballistic missile test or something similar could be coming, possibly as soon as April 15, the 105th birthday of North Korea’s founding president and celebrated annually as “the Day of the Sun.”

Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Florida, where Trump pressed his counterpart to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear program.

Trump’s national security aides have completed a review of U.S. options to try to curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. These include economic and military measures but lean more toward sanctions and increased pressure on Beijing to rein in its reclusive neighbor.

Although the option of pre-emptive military strikes on North Korea is not off the table, the review prioritizes less-risky steps and de-emphasizes direct military action.

Trump spoke with South Korea’s acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday, the White House said on Saturday in a statement which did not mention the strike group. source


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  • More 0bamacare repeal failure distraction. But also Rome is making their final push for global domination, America is R0mes muscle, Trump and the U.S. are merely tools of the */atican-Je$uit controlled NW0. N K will eventually be brought under the NW0 control apparatus i.e. */atican controlled central banks, the cath0lic church and multinational corporations that have given their p0wer to the Bea$t. I believe that the Je$uits are already in N K and working at a limited capacity to bring N K under control and it will happen peacefully or forcefully, but it will happen. Gl0bal SUNday laws are coming…. http://www.remnantofgod.org/usa-in-prophecy.htm
    http://www.remnantofgod.org/religiopolitical.htm
    http://www.remnantofgod.org/sabatak.htm
    http://www.remnantofgod.org/manofsin.htm

    • Phd

      Buddy you need to drop your American propaganda news and history AND GET WITH REALITY….

      Youve been reading and learning FAKE NEWS AND HISTORY….

      THE NWO 666 IS FAILING AS WE SPEAK AND THE POPE WITH HIS SATANIC CHURCH AND ZIONIST
      FRIENDS ARE SOON TO FACE THE WROTH OF THE GROWING BRIT, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MUSLIM HORDS….

      AMERICA AND NATO WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROID BY B.R.I.C.S….. WHO HAVE IN TOTAL THE GREATEST ARMY AND NUMBER OF WEAPONS ON EARTH……

      TRUMP IS HERE TO GET ” A THIRD OF THE EARTH DESTROYED “…..

  • TC

    After seeing what the US did to Assad, Gaddhafi, and now Assad, Kim must be thanking his lucky stars that his father started building nuclear weapons. North Korea has been begging the US for discussions, but Washington refuses any talks until they get rid of their nuclear weapons, essentially an ultimatum, throw down your gun and come out with your hands up if you eant to live. And Kim knows what will happen if he follows in Gaddhaffi’s footsteps and gives up his nuclear deterrent.

    He knows that the chances of his country being destroyed are high, with or without nuclear weapons. But he may be choosing to go down fighting instaed of enjoying the fate of those who did not.

    • Ted

      Thank you Dear Leader for communicating with us!

      Your English is impeccable – they did a good job for you at the Swiss Boarding School.

    • Phd

      Ah! TC…. STOP READING FAKE AMERICAN NEWS….

      SOME FACTS FOR YOU :-

      1. NORTH KOREA HAS A BIGGER ARMY THAN AMERICA ~ THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF NORTH KOREA ARE KIM JON UN’S ARMY BY CONSCRIPTION….

      2. KIM JON UN AND NORTH KOREA ARE THAT WILD RABIES INFECTED DOG KEPT ON A LEASH BY CHINA….

      3. AMERICA WITH ITS INVASIONS AND OPPRESSION OF COUNTRIES FOR CRUDE OIL AND OPIUM/HEROIN HAS VERY FEW REAL FRIENDS LEFT IN THE WORLD….

      4.AND ALL OLD DOGS ( OF WAR ) MUST AND WILL BE OUT DOWN AT SOME TIME….

      AND THAT IS REAL WORLD HISTORY….

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