Beltway Insider: Trump, Military Deployment, WWII Vandalism, Earthquakes, Indonesia, Columbia, Mangione Guilt
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- Published on Saturday, 15 August 2026 12:02
- Written by Janet Walker
President Trump has dismissed the concerns presented to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by Senator Richard Blumenthal over the extended deployment of Carrier Group aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, saying the deployment "was not nearly long enough."







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