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Families raise issue with Cao, Hegseth over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
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UVA Tennis: Katie Rolls wins singles title at 2026 ITA National Summer Championships
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Families raise issue with Cao, Hegseth over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, between sets of pushups, has had his focus on getting the woke out of the U.S. military, getting the press out of the Pentagon.
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