Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US Navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – live

Kirsten Gillibrand says acting US Navy secretary told her of attempted suicides after carrier strike group’s lengthy deployment as part of US war in Iran

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Rubio also briefly addressed Trump’s meeting with Delcy Rodriguez, the interim Venezuelan president, who last night posed for a friendly photo with Trump at a Manhattan hotel only miles from where her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, was incarcerated.

“It was a short meeting, but it was a very important meeting,” Rubio said.