He called them the 1%. The deployment called it 264 days.
Hegseth holds a 'WELCOME HOME THE 1%' celebration aboard the Lincoln while the documented record of the strike group's record-breaking deployment — and the acting Navy secretary's admission of eight suicide attempts — sits on the same stage floor.
Source article: Hegseth says Lincoln strike group set record with 10,000 sorties.
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- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- politics
- Primary entities
- USS Abraham Lincoln, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hung Cao, USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Navy, San Diego, Thailand
- Themes
- Military deployment, Navy personnel welfare, Suicide attempts, Congressional criticism, Iran conflict
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Equality & fairness