USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions Raise Readiness Concerns

Navy veteran and military journalist Natalie Oliverio joins Bloomberg This Weekend and says reported food, sanitation and communication problems aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln risk undermining sailors’ readiness. Oliverio explains to hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar that families and lawmakers are demanding answers as the carrier has spent more than 240 consecutive days at sea, while the Pentagon disputes reports portraying conditions aboard the ship as dire. (Source: Bloomberg)

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