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  "title": "New US carrier strike group arrives in Middle East to relieve long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/new-us-carrier-strike-group-arrives-in-middle-east-to-relieve-long",
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  "published": "2026-08-20T16:01:42.000Z",
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  "summary": "The USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, relieving the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. According to Associated Press, the USS George Washington was previously operating in the Pacific and has now taken over in the region.\n\nThe USS Abraham Lincoln had been deployed since November 2025 and had faced reports of deteriorated living conditions, including food shortages and broken plumbing, as well as several suicide attempts, as quoted by relatives of crew members and reported by Euronews and Free Malaysia Today.\n\nThe US military has not provided further details on when the USS Abraham Lincoln will return to the US or if it will make a port stop along the way.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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