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Why does the world look at an aircraft carrier as a barometer for Gulf tensions?
In December, about 30 Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels trailed the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis and its strike group through the strait as Associated Press journalists on board watched.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press