

The Pentagon ordered F-16 fighters, as well as the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, to the region. In late March, A-10 Thunderbolt II warplanes arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. It conducted a Strait of Hormuz patrol with the top U.S., British and French naval commanders in the region on board. military has again begun dialing up its Mideast presence. Navy has responded with increased patrols. China continues its push to control more of the South China Sea, and the U.S. Russia’s war on Ukraine shifted some of the American focus back to Europe. Washington’s worries have changed since then. The last Marine expeditionary unit - an armada carrying Marines, aircraft and vehicles prepared for an amphibious assault - came through in November 2021. The USS Nimitz sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz in November 2020 as the last American carrier in the Persian Gulf. Pao, who battled her former Silicon Valley employer in court earlier this year, said in a separate statement that she was leaving Reddit because the board had asked for higher growth than she thought was possible.But slowly, the Pentagon began to wind down the naval presence, leaving a gap of months that brought gasps from Gulf Arab states and commentators worried about Iran. That controversy did not factor into Pao’s departure, Altman said in an email. Site volunteer moderators temporarily shut down around 300 discussion sections in protest. Alexis Ohanian, another co-founder who has been working as executive chairman of reddit, will work “alongside” Huffman, said Reddit board head Sam Altman in a statement on Friday.Ĭontroversy erupted around Reddit last week when the company’s director of talent, Victoria Taylor, was dismissed. Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, also a co-founder of travel site Hipmunk, will become chief executive. Ellen Pao speaks to the media after losing her high profile gender discrimination lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers in San Francisco, California March 27, 2015.
