White House defends portrayal of 'armada' push toward Korean peninsulaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about a U.S. carrier strike group’s push toward the Korean peninsula, saying it never gave an arrival date and that the ships were still on their way. When Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the USS Carl Vinson strike group was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction.  The U.S. military’s Pacific Command explained on Tuesday that the strike group first had to complete a shorter-than-initially planned period of training with Australia but was now heading toward the Western Pacific. “The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That’s a fact. It happened. It is happening, rather,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.  He referred further queries about the deployment timetable to the Pentagon. The U.S. military initially said in a statement dated April 10 that Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of Pacific Command, directed the Vinson strike group “to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific.” But the strike group first headed elsewhere, On April 15, the U.S. Navy even published a photo showing the Vinson transiting the Sunda Strait on its way to drills with Australia. here Reuters and other news outlets reported on April 11 that the movement would take more than a week. But the Navy, for security reasons, says it does not report future operational locations of its ships. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis looked to address confusion over the issue on Wednesday, telling reporters traveling with him in the Middle East that the alteration in the Vinson’s schedule had been disclosed in the interest of transparency. “We are doing exactly what we said we were going to do. She will be on her way,” he said. The strike group’s commander, Rear Admiral Jim Kilby, said in a Facebook post this week that the deployment had even been extended 30 days “to provide a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula.”  A Trump administration official told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington was concerned about the possibility of some kind of North Korean provocation around the time of the South Korean election on May 9. “There is precedent going back to the 1990s and early 2000s where there are provocations timed to South Korean political events,” he said.  (This version of the story has been refiled to correct spelling of Kilby in paragraph 11) politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: White House defends portrayal of 'armada' push toward Korean peninsulaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about a U.S. carrier strike group’s push toward the Korean peninsula, saying it never gave an arrival date and that the ships were still on their way. When Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the USS Carl Vinson strike group was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction.  The U.S. military’s Pacific Command explained on Tuesday that the strike group first had to complete a shorter-than-initially planned period of training with Australia but was now heading toward the Western Pacific. “The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That’s a fact. It happened. It is happening, rather,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.  He referred further queries about the deployment timetable to the Pentagon. The U.S. military initially said in a statement dated April 10 that Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of Pacific Command, directed the Vinson strike group “to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific.” But the strike group first headed elsewhere, On April 15, the U.S. Navy even published a photo showing the Vinson transiting the Sunda Strait on its way to drills with Australia. here Reuters and other news outlets reported on April 11 that the movement would take more than a week. But the Navy, for security reasons, says it does not report future operational locations of its ships. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis looked to address confusion over the issue on Wednesday, telling reporters traveling with him in the Middle East that the alteration in the Vinson’s schedule had been disclosed in the interest of transparency. “We are doing exactly what we said we were going to do. She will be on her way,” he said. The strike group’s commander, Rear Admiral Jim Kilby, said in a Facebook post this week that the deployment had even been extended 30 days “to provide a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula.”  A Trump administration official told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington was concerned about the possibility of some kind of North Korean provocation around the time of the South Korean election on May 9. “There is precedent going back to the 1990s and early 2000s where there are provocations timed to South Korean political events,” he said.  (This version of the story has been refiled to correct spelling of Kilby in paragraph 11) politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: white house defends portrayal push toward korean peninsulawashington reuters president donald trump administration wednesday denied misleading carrier strike group push toward korean peninsula saying never gave arrival date ships still way when trump boasted early last week sent armada warning north korea uss carl vision strike group still far korean peninsula headed opposite direction the military pacific command explained tuesday strike group first complete planned period training australia heading toward western pacific the president said armada going towards peninsula that fact it happened it happening rather said white house spokesman sean spider he referred queries deployment timetable pentagon the military initially said statement dated april admiral harry harris commander pacific command directed vision strike group sail north report station western but strike group first headed elsewhere on april navy even published photo showing vision transiting sunda strait way drills australia reuters news outlets reported april movement would take week but navy security reasons says report future operational locations ships defense secretary jim mantis looked address confusion issue wednesday telling reporters traveling middle east alteration vision schedule disclosed interest transparency we exactly said going she way said the strike group commander rear admiral jim kirby said facebook post week deployment even extended days provide persistent presence waters korean a trump administration official told reuters tuesday washington concerned possibility kind north korean provocation around time south korean election may there precedent going back early provocation timed south korean political events said this version story refined correct spelling kirby paragraph politicsnews