• The decision to withdraw military assets from the Middle East and Saudi Arabia specifically comes as the Biden Administration is pursuing a global posture review. [...] air defenses in the Middle East, numerous attacks in Iraq and Saudi Arabia throughout much of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 signal that Iran and its proxies are undeterred and capable of striking U. [...] º The Biden Administration delisted the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (although several of the group’s leaders remain sanctioned) and announced that the United States would stop supporting offensive operations for the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen. [...] · A combination of land- and CENTCOM-dedicated sea-based systems could reduce the ability of Iran and its proxies to target American servicemembers, partners, and interests in the Middle East. [...] º Without a permanent aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East, the Pentagon should shift to unpredictable carrier rotations by having carrier groups in the Indo- Pacific and Europe traverse Middle Eastern waterways, specifically the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea.
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