Top SASC Dem: Aircraft Carrier Should be Named After Fallen Black WWII Hero, Not Retitled for a Sitting President
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
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Top SASC Dem: Aircraft Carrier Should be Named After Fallen Black WWII Hero, Not Retitled for a Sitting President
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PROVIDENCE, RI - In January of 2020, during President Trump's first term, the U.S. Navy officially announced that the USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black person and an enlisted sailor. . . .
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Top SASC Dem: Aircraft Carrier Should be Named After Fallen Black WWII Hero, Not Retitled for a Sitting President
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PROVIDENCE, RI - In January of 2020, during President Trump's first term, the U.S. Navy officially announced that the USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black person and an enlisted sailor. . . .