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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 7, 2024 shows an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 314, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mario Castro Gamez via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 3, 2024 shows Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Krystofer Smith, from Fargo, N.D., signals to an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, before a launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathaly Cruz via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 4, 2024 shows Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Airman Christie Brown, from Bronx, N.Y., directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, during take-off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the pacific Ocean U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated April 12, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), center, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), left, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile destroyer JS Kong (DDG 173), right, JMSDF Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105), back left, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 16, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) and the training vessel Hatakaze-class JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) during exercise Jungle Warfare 2022 (JWX 22) in the Philippine Sea. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated January 31, 2024 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clayton A. Wren via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated May 15, 2024 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 7, 2022 of ships of the America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, sail in formation in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during exercise Noble Fusion. Front row: Landing craft, air cushion from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5. Second row, left to right: USS America (LHA 6), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Essex (LHD 2). Third row, left to right: USS Dewey (DDG 105), JS Kongō (DDG 173), USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), USS Spruance (DDG 111). Back row, left to right: USS Ashland (LSD 48), USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5). TThe US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman,

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated January 18, 2012 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Indian Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric S. Powell via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 7, 2024 shows an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 7, 2024 shows an EA-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated May 28, 2024 shows sailors move ordnance on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathaly Cruz via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated May 27, 2024 shows an EA-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael J. Cintron via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 7, 2024 shows Aviation Boatwain’s Mate (Handiling) 2nd Class Aaron Goodwin, from Anaheim, Calif., directs an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 314, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mario Castro Gamez via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated January 31, 2024 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Armstrong via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated April 9, 2024 shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fires a RIM-116 missile from the rolling airframe missile (RAM) launcher during a live-fire with a purpose exercise in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aleksandr Freutel via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated April 13, 2024 shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails the Pacific Ocean during the friends and family day cruise. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Thaddeus Berry via ABACAPRESS.COM

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American Presidential Gadgets

Abraham Lincoln figures are seen inside a gift shop in Washington D.C. in the United States of America, on July 12th, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto)

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Republican National Convention Day 1 - Milwaukee

An attendee with an Abraham Lincoln style hat looks on at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, USA at the Fiserv Forum on Monday, July 15, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Republican National Convention Day 1 - Milwaukee

An attendee with an Abraham Lincoln style hat looks on at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, USA at the Fiserv Forum on Monday, July 15, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Republican National Convention Day 1 - Milwaukee

An attendee with an Abraham Lincoln style hat looks on at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, USA at the Fiserv Forum on Monday, July 15, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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DC: Library of Congress hold a Collecting Memories exhibition

Contents from Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the night he was assassinated are being displayed during a ''Collecting Memories'' exhibition today in Washington, DC, USA, on June 10, 2024, at the Library of Congress. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto)

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Protests at the Supreme Court as it hears case for abortion pill access

A person dressed as President Abraham Lincoln attends pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrations at the Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments in a case that could end access to the abortion medication mifepristone, Washington, DC, March 26, 2024. In the case, Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, AHM is challenging FDA’s approval of mifepristone in 2000. More than half of abortions in the U.S. are by medication. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)

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US: George Washington Bridge Illuminated On President’s Day

The George Washington Bridge, a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, was illuminated on Monday, February 19, to celebrate President's Day.

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60th Anniversary Of March On Washington

A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln poses near the Lincoln Memorial at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington in Washington, D.C. on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)

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60th Anniversary Of March On Washington

A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln poses near the Lincoln Memorial at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington in Washington, D.C. on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JUNETEENTH-COMMEMORATION

(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JUNETEENTH-COMMEMORATION

(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen with the White House in the background during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JUNETEENTH-COMMEMORATION

(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen with the White House in the background during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JUNETEENTH-COMMEMORATION

(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JUNETEENTH-COMMEMORATION

(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen with the White House in the background during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-DALLAS-JUNETEENTH-CELEBRATION

(230618) -- DALLAS, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two organizers speak at a Juneteenth celebration event in Dallas, Texas, the United States, on June 17, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)

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U.S.-DALLAS-JUNETEENTH-CELEBRATION

(230618) -- DALLAS, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a Juneteenth celebration march in Dallas, Texas, the United States, on June 17, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Statue Of Abraham Lincoln In New York City

Statue of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, United States of American. An outdoor bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made by Henry Kirke Brown installed in Union Square park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York. The historic monument was cast in 1870. Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809 was an important American in history, a lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. NYC, USA on May 4, 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier calls at Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is seen off Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 25. Later in the day, the 102,000-ton flattop with about 6,000 crew members entered Sasebo port for a five-day stay aimed at providing rest for its personnel and to replenish supplies.

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(2)U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier stops over in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln sails toward Sasebo port, in western Kyushu, on Aug. 16, escorted by Japan Coast Guard patrol boats. The 102,000-ton Nimitz-class vessel, with about 5,350 crew members aboard, made a stopover in Sasebo port, Nagasaki Prefecture, en route to operations in the Middle East.

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(3)U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier stops over in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is at anchor outside Sasebo port on Aug. 16. U.S. Navy officials said the ship's stopover in Sasebo, en route to operations in the Middle East, is part of U.S. operations worldwide and to highlight the U.S. presence in East Asia.