![US-YEMEN-SECURITY-USA-NAVY Helicopters fly from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a resupply mission with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in this U.S. Navy handout picture taken in the Gulf of Oman April 13, 2015 and released April 20, 2015. The U.S. Navy sent the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its escort cruiser, USS Normandy, from the Gulf into the Arabian Sea on Sunday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, denied reports the ships were on a mission to intercept Iranian arms](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/05/RTX19K72.jpg/RTX19K72.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=fEqyrPky)
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