US Defence Secretary Hegseth renames military base after late senator Lindsey Graham
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Lindsey Graham trained as a lawyer and served as a judge advocate general in the Air Force.
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- The Defense Department renamed Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham after the late senator and Air Force colonel.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Graham’s military and political service while condemning "radical woke ideology" and supporting a $1.5 trillion defence budget.
- Graham’s sister highlighted his deep commitment to both the Senate and the Air Force during the renaming ceremony.
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WASHINGTON – The Defence Department has renamed a military base in Charleston for senator Lindsey Graham, Republican-South Carolina, who died on July 11.
That base, previously known as Joint Base Charleston, was created in 2010 after the merger of a Navy base and an Air Force base that were both established in 1941. It will now be known as Joint Base Lindsey Graham.
