US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq amid Iran tensions
Officials first announced that the aircraft carrier was being sent to the Gulf on Sunday.
But relations have been particularly fraught between the two nations since President Trump took office in 2017. And last month, the White House said it would end exemptions from sanctions for five countries - China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey - that were still buying Iranian oil.
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