Rood replied, “yes,” when asked by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., if the Pentagon was considering deploying more forces to the Middle East, without being more specific. The additional American forces being considered are not Army or Marine infantry units, but air and missile defense units, as well as additional warships, officials said. Secretary Esper spoke to Chairman Inhofe this morning and reaffirmed that we are not considering sending 14,000 additional troops to the Middle East at this time," Farah said. President Trump was asked Thursday at the White House about the potential to deploy more forces to the Middle East. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFrom the end of World War II to 1980, virtually no American troops were killed in the Middle East.

Source: Fox News December 05, 2019 22:11 UTC