Reports: Part of 82nd Airborne division to deploy to the Middle East

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>> WELCOME BACK TO THE WRAL

LIVE CENTER. SOME BREAKING

NEWS. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME FORT

BRAGG TROOPS ARE GOING TO BE

DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THE

PENTAGON WAS CONSIDERING IT

AND THIS AFTERNOON THE WALL

STREET JOURNAL IS REPORTING

THAT ABOUT 3,000 82ND AIRBORNE

TROOPS WILL BE DEPLOYED THERE

TO SUPPORT THE U.S. AND

ISRAEL'S WAR ON IRAN. THIS WILL

BE ABOUT A 3,000 MEMBER BRIGADE

COMBAT TEAM THAT WILL BE SENT

THERE. DEFENSE OFFICIALS ARE

EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN

THE COMING DAYS. ALSO, SOME

NEW INFORMATION FROM PRESIDENT

TRUMP IN THE OVAL OFFICE SAYING

THE U.S. IN HIS WORDS IS IN

NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW OVER THE

IRAN WAR. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS

INVOLVE VICE PRESIDENT JD

VANCE, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO

RUBIO ENVOY STEPHEN WITH COUGH

AND THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW,

JARED KUSHNER. ISRAEL SAYS IT

IS NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE

DISCUSSIONS. AND PRESIDENT

TRUMP SAID THAT IRAN SHARED

WHAT HE CALLED A GIFT AND IT

SHOWED THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH

THE RIGHT PEOPLE. HE DIDN'T SAY

MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT HE SAID IT

WAS IN HIS WORDS. AGAIN, A VERY

BIG PRESENT WITH A TREMENDOUS