US to Iran: 'Lower the temperature'

Iran and the United States need not have any confrontation over the passage through the Straits of Hormuz, said a Pentagon spokesman today, but the United States does intend to return an aircraft carrier to the area.

“No one in this government seeks confrontation over the Straits of Hormuz,” Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters, according to the American Forces Press Service. “It’s important to lower the temperature.”