Luke Vargas

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Meanwhile, a third U.S.

aircraft carrier is deploying to the Middle East.

The USS George H.W.

Bush left Virginia yesterday and could take weeks to reach the region, where U.S.

officials said three aircraft carriers could remain for the foreseeable future.

The Navy declined to comment on the operations.

President Trump is planning to address the nation on the war at 9 p.m.

Eastern tonight.

Trump yesterday said that he believes the war will wrap up in two to three weeks, news that sent global markets higher today and led to a pullback in oil prices.

But whether a rapid end to fighting can bring oil back to its pre-war levels is another story.

with analysts at Capital Economics saying that a U.S.

exit from the war in two to three weeks still aligns with forecasts of Brent crude at $80 a barrel by year's end.

While airlines aren't waiting to bake higher fuel surcharges and other fees into ticket prices in order to offset higher costs, JetBlue is charging more for bags, Air France, KLM, and Cathay Pacific are boosting fuel fees, and United's CEO has warned that fares could shoot up by as much as 20%

due to war-related fuel shortages.

And Iran yesterday warned a number of U.S.

companies with locations in the Middle East that their actions supporting the war make them legitimate targets.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard accused the likes of Apple, Oracle, Palantir, Microsoft, Alphabet, and JPMorgan Chase of contributing to the deaths of Iranian citizens and warned employees of the companies to leave their workplaces in the region before 8 p.m.

local time today.