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Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is responding to the escalating crisis in the Red Sea by announcing Tuesday it has launched an international task force for maritime security, but so far only nine other politically similar nations are confirmed to have joined on -- sparking doubt that the coalition can put an end to militia attacks on vessels in the region and calm anxious shipping companies. State Department officials said the Biden administration's initial goal was to bring together a broad array of international powers to rein in the Houthis, an armed group back...