USS Abraham Lincoln Ordered to ‘Accelerate’ Transit to Middle East  USNI News’Extremely unusual’: Retired US general reacts to Defense Sec. Austin announcing guided-missile submarine to the Middle East  CNNOpinion | The U.S. urges restraint in the Mideast, but girds for a possible fight  The Washington PostIsrael Puts Military on High Alert as U.S. Sends Assets to Middle East  The Wall Street JournalU.S. sends more forces and military hardware to the Middle East in anticipation of Iranian attack on Israel  CNBC