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Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – live

Kirsten Gillibrand says acting US navy secretary told her of attempted suicides after carrier strike group’s lengthy deployment as part of US war in Iran Sign up for US Breaking News emails Rubio also briefly addressed Trump’s meeting with Delcy Rodriguez, the interim Venezuelan president, who last night posed for a friendly photo with Trump at a Manhattan hotel only miles from where her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro,…

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USS Abraham Lincoln record deployment conditions dispute

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The USS Abraham Lincoln has departed the Middle East and is returning to San Diego after a roughly nine-month deployment, while the USS George Washington has arrived to relieve it. The acting US Navy secretary has confirmed that eight personnel assigned to the carrier strike group attempted suicide during the deployment, sharpening the public dispute over sailor welfare.

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The acting US Navy secretary formally confirmed that eight personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during the deployment, sharpening the dispute over sailor welfare.

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Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – live

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Eight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirms

Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter Eight US navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group have attempted suicide since the start of their lengthy deployment as part of the US war on Iran, Hung Cao, the acting US navy secretary, revealed in a letter to the US senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday. “Since the beginning of Linc…

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