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Long Carrier Deployment Projects Strength in U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela, and Carries Costs

The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.

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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea in September. Neither the Navy nor the Pentagon has said when the ship’s deployment in the Caribbean will end.

Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents

Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.

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From left, Representatives Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Yvette Clarke denounced conditions at Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention center, after visiting it on Tuesday.
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