2026年8月10日 下午1:31 美东时间 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：海莉·布里茨基
2026年8月10日，这座此前名为查尔斯顿联合基地的军事设施将正式更名为林赛·格雷厄姆联合基地。
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国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟在周一为已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆举行的基地更名仪式上，敦促国会批准五角大楼大幅增加的预算。
格雷厄姆是一名退伍军人，长期以来以倡导扩军而闻名，上月因主动脉夹层突发离世。这座位于南卡罗来纳州的军事基地此前名为查尔斯顿联合基地，今后将更名为林赛·格雷厄姆联合基地。
“今天我们齐聚于此，陆军部正寻求为美国军人提供1.5万亿美元的历史性世代投资。林赛本人曾在他的办公室对我说：‘这是我在国会任职以来见过的最棒的军事预算。’”赫格斯瑟说道，“国防部以将这座基地命名为林赛·格雷厄姆来向他致敬，但国会能给出的最崇高致敬，莫过于为我们的军人全额拨付1.5万亿美元预算。”
赫格斯瑟近期一直在国会山游说共和党人支持五角大楼的巨额预算申请，这一申请较去年获批的约8000亿美元预算有大幅增长。该机构还在唐纳德·特朗普总统所称的“一项宏伟重磅法案”的单独立法中获得了额外1500亿美元拨款。美国有线电视新闻网此前报道称，在与伊朗长达数月的战争背景下，共和党人对这一预算申请持怀疑态度。
格雷厄姆的发言人表示，这位来自南卡罗来纳州的资深共和党人、特朗普盟友，上月因主动脉内层撕裂去世。
格雷厄姆于1995年加入空军预备役，服役超过30年，期间曾以军事律师身份赴海外执行现役任务，并于2015年以上校军衔退役。
据该基地官网信息，查尔斯顿联合基地是第628空军基地联队的驻地，为超过9万名士兵、水手、空军人员、海军陆战队队员、海岸警卫队队员、文职人员及退伍军属提供支持。
赫格斯瑟在周一的演讲中还批评了往届政府领导下军方的“觉醒主义所谓领导层”，并赞扬格雷厄姆在“最后岁月里对抗在媒体、学术界乃至少数国会议员中泛滥的激进左翼意识形态”。
Hegseth pushes for Pentagon funding during renaming of military base after Lindsey Graham
2026-08-10 1:31 PM ET / CNN
By Haley Britzky
The military installation, previously known as Joint Base Charleston, will now be known as Joint Base Lindsey Graham, August 10, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed Congress to approve a sharp increase in the Pentagon’s budget during a ceremony on Monday to rename a base for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Graham, a veteran who was long known for his advocacy for expanding the military, died suddenly last month following an aortic dissection. The South Carolina military installation, previously known as Joint Base Charleston, will now be known as Joint Base Lindsey Graham.
“As we gather here today, the War Department is seeking a historic generational investment of $1.5 trillion for American warriors. And Lindsey himself said to me in his office, ‘This is the best military budget I’ve seen since I’ve been in Congress.’ End quote,” Hegseth said. “This department pays tribute to Lindsey Graham in the naming of this base, but there could be no greater tribute than Congress could give than to invest in our warriors for the full $1.5 trillion.”
Hegseth has recently spent time on Capitol Hill urging Republicans to support the Pentagon’s massive budget request, which would be a sharp increase from the roughly $800 million approved for last year. The agency also got an additional $150 billion in separate legislation President Donald Trump termed the One Big Beautiful Bill. CNN has reported that Republicans have been skeptical of the request amid the monthslong war with Iran.
Graham, a longtime Republican from South Carolina and Trump ally, died last month from a tear in the inner layer of his aorta, his spokesperson said.
Graham joined the Air Force Reserves in 1995 and served more than 30 years, including time on active duty as a military lawyer while deployed overseas. He retired as a colonel in 2015.
Joint Base Charleston is home to the 628th Air Base Wing and supports more than 90,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, civilians and retirees, its website says.
Hegseth also used the Monday speech to criticize “woke, so-called leaders” of the military under previous administrations and praised Graham for spending his “final years taking on a radical leftist ideology that had run rampant in the media, in academia, and even among a few members of Congress.”
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