Pentagon Orders 2,000 Airborne Troops to Middle East The deployment could give President Trump more military options after a 15-point proposal, delivered via Pakistan, was sent to the Iranians, according to two officials briefed on the diplomacy. - Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times - Mati Hashemi/Associated Press - David Guttenfelder/The New York Times - Arash Khamooshi for The New York ...