U.S. troops are operating around the clock to maintain the Iranian blockade and protect ships in the Hormuz strait. What Wall Street Journal reporters observed aboard the USS George Washington
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- WSJ reports: “The near-daily missions to protect ships have allowed the U.S. to hold the line in a conflict that has dragged on since February and threatened access to the world’s oil supplies.”
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