It took Defense Department day to respond to Bolton's statement, with acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan finally tweeting that the announced deployment of @CVN 72 and @USAirForce bomber task force to @ CENTCOM area of responsibility represents prudent repositioning of assets in response to indications..…

It's still unclear to us what Iranians trying to do and how they are planning to do it, and it's clear to us that Iranian temperature is on the rise and they considering retaliating against U.S interests in Gulf, Israeli official told Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel News.. ..…