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VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-04

Our position is, it's a red herring,

Brett Covington · said 2026-09-04 · reported 2026-09-04

Covington argued the USS Abraham Lincoln story was unrelated to the firings and that the termination process began more than a month before the story ran.

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