# Conditions aboard US carrier at sea for over 250 days raise alarm

https://mins.news/en/item/21449

- BBC News, 2026-08-13 16:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl2d5j52lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Reports of food shortages, plumbing failures and other potential harms aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed in the Middle East for more than 250 days, have prompted Senator Richard Blumenthal to demand answers from the military. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called the reports “completely misrepresented.”

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