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A US carrier has repelled Houthi attacks for months. Will it hold up?
The Pentagon is wrestling over when the Eisenhower and its strike group should return home. And if they do return — what can replace them?
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press