America's commitments have outrun its fleet
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TL;DR
- The USS Abraham Lincoln's problems are a sign of an overstretched U.S. military.
- The ship spent 260 days at sea without a port call, setting a deployment record.
- A significant portion of the deployment was spent in a war zone.
- Addressing these issues requires funding from Congress.