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华盛顿 — 内布拉斯加州共和党众议员唐·培根周日表示，在亚伯拉罕·林肯号航母经过近9个月部署后即将被替换之际，针对舰上状况的担忧，国会应开展监督工作，并呼吁海军高级官员出庭作证。
“我们应当行使监督职能，”培根在接受《与玛格丽特·布伦南会面》节目采访时说道。
一名美国官员周五向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，乔治·华盛顿号航空母舰正前往中东地区替换林肯号。此前数周，部分家属对舰上状况表达了担忧，比如物资短缺和心理健康问题。媒体报道援引部分家属的话称，他们听闻有多名水手在长期部署期间曾考虑跳海。
美国海军代理部长洪·曹周五在X平台发帖表示，林肯号“将按计划轮换，很快回国”。曹补充称，“少数心理健康病例已得到治疗，未出现人员死亡”。
周四，民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔在致国防部长皮特·赫格西的一封信中，呼吁海军就航母上的状况作出说明。他称该航母“部署已超过250天”，其中“连续200多天未靠岸”，创下了海上连续部署天数的纪录。
培根是退役空军准将，将于明年年初离开国会。他表示，海军部长或海军作战部长应前往国会山，“向我们说明真实情况”。但他指出，在空军服役期间，他曾经历过“类似事件”。
这位内布拉斯加州共和党议员表示，1996年，在美国未处于战争状态期间，他曾在一艘航母上服役，执行伊拉克南部禁飞区任务。
“在我那次部署期间，有几名船员跳海自杀，”培根说。“所以这类事件极其可怕、令人痛心，但过去确实发生过，不幸的是，未来可能也会再次出现。”
此番言论发表前，特朗普总统周五淡化了美国水手所承受的压力，并驳斥了家属对部署时长的担忧。
当被问及此次部署是否持续过长时，特朗普对记者表示：“不，还远远不够久。”
GOP Rep. Don Bacon says Congress “should have oversight” amid concerns about USS Lincoln conditions
2026-08-16T13:07:44-0400 / CBS News
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Washington — GOP Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said on Sunday that Congress should conduct oversight following concerns about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is being replaced after a nearly nine-month deployment, while calling for testimony from top Navy officials.
“We should have oversight,” Bacon said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier is headed to the Middle East to replace the Lincoln, a U.S. official told CBS News on Friday, after some families have voiced concerns in recent weeks about conditions on the ship — like supply shortages and mental health issues. Media reports have quoted some family members who say they’ve heard of multiple sailors who have thought about jumping overboard amid the extended deployment.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said in a post on X on Friday that the Lincoln “will return home soon as part of a planned rotation.” Cao added that a “small number of mental health cases were treated with no loss of life.”
In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal called for the Navy to account for conditions aboard the carrier, which he said “has been deployed more than 250 days” without coming ashore “in over 200 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea.”
Bacon, a retired Air Force Brigadier General who’s set to leave Congress early next year, said the secretary of the Navy or its service chief should come before lawmakers and “explain to us the truth on that.” But he noted that during his time in the Air Force, he experienced “some of these incidences.”
The Nebraska Republican said in 1996, when the U.S. wasn’t at war, he served on an aircraft carrier, enforcing the southern no-fly zone over Iraq.
“We had a couple members jump overboard and commit suicide while I was on that deployment,” Bacon said. “So these incidences, they’re terrible, they’re sad, but it has happened previously and unfortunately, likely in the future as well.”
The comments came after President Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors, while refuting concerns expressed by family members about the deployment’s length.
Asked whether the deployment has gone on too long, Mr. Trump told reporters, “No. Not nearly long enough.”
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