據美國媒體報道,圍繞猝死的美國共和黨參議員林賽·格雷厄姆(Lindsey Graham)的死因,其發言人當地時間7月12日下午表示,據法醫部門的初步調查結果,格雷厄姆的死因為“動脈粥樣硬化性心血管疾病引發主動脈夾層”。法醫部門表示,毒理學和微觀病理檢查尚未最終完成。
據介紹,主動脈夾層是一種危及生命的急癥,表現為主動脈血管壁撕裂。
US Senator Lindsey Graham died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office.
The tear in the inner wall of the aorta, called an aortic dissection, was related to the hardening of Graham’s arteries. An official cause of death will be disclosed after toxicological and microscopic testing.
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林賽·格雷厄姆 圖源:東方IC
據此前報道,當地時間7月12日,美國南卡羅來納州共和黨籍聯邦參議員林賽·格雷厄姆的辦公室,在其官方X賬號發布聲明稱,格雷厄姆因突發急病,于當地時間7月11日晚去世,終年71歲。
Graham, a prominent South Carolina Republican and former Air Force lawyer who served in Congress for more than three decades, had turned 71 years old just two days before dying on Saturday night. His office had originally said he had suffered from a "brief and sudden illness".
美國全國廣播公司(NBC)報道稱,據該媒體獲得的警方無線電錄音顯示,7月11晚間,緊急救援人員接到報警稱,格雷厄姆在家中發生“心臟驟停”。NBC獲得的照片顯示,醫護人員用擔架將一名傷者從格雷厄姆家中抬到等候的救護車上,警車和消防車也趕到了現場。
格雷厄姆此前剛剛結束對烏克蘭首都基輔的訪問,他于7月10日會見了烏克蘭總統澤連斯基。
美國總統特朗普稱,他當晚與從烏克蘭回國的格雷厄姆通了電話,對方“顯得有些疲憊”。
“我命令全美各地的美國國旗降至半旗,直至周六(當地時間18日)晚6時。”當地時間7月12日,特朗普在社交平臺“真相社交”發文寫道,并表示此舉旨在悼念格雷厄姆。
US President Donald Trump, who talked to Graham frequently, said he was "like a member of the family. It's very tough." He said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Graham had called him on Saturday night after returning from a trip to Ukraine and "sounded a little bit tired, but perfect." The president ordered that flags across the country be flown at half-staff until next Saturday evening.
被稱“最吵鬧的戰爭販子” 曾鼓吹對伊朗開戰
格雷厄姆1955年生于南卡羅來納州,法律專業出身,曾在美國空軍法務部門服役,1994年首次當選聯邦眾議員,2002年首次當選聯邦參議員,去世前擔任聯邦參議院預算委員會主席這一重要職位。
格雷厄姆被視為美國總統特朗普的鐵桿盟友。不過,他在2015年參與角逐2016年總統選舉黨內提名時,曾痛罵同為競選人的特朗普是“煽動種族仇恨、排外且具有宗教偏執的狂熱分子”。但在特朗普首次當選后,他轉而成為特朗普“最親近的國會盟友之一”,常在公開場合為特朗普的政策立場辯護。
格雷厄姆在國防、外交等方面立場強硬,是美國政壇“鷹派”代表之一,被美國媒體稱為國會山“最吵鬧的戰爭販子”。從伊拉克到阿富汗,從敘利亞到利比亞,近30年來,格雷厄姆狂熱支持美國海外軍事干預行動,10多年前就積極鼓動美國政府對伊朗發動戰爭。
Graham, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, was widely recognized as one of the most prominent and influential voices within the Republican Party on defense and foreign policy. He repeatedly pushed for aggressive US military actions abroad, maintaining a hawkish stance on Iran and vigorously defending the war.
Graham was elected to the US Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. He formally ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2015, but once Trump won the presidency in 2016, he underwent a massive political pivot and started backing the president. In the following years, Graham became one of Trump's most loyal defenders and closest confidants.
2024年,作為美烏礦產協議的發起者之一,格雷厄姆在美國福克斯新聞節目中直言,美國在烏克蘭危機中拱火是“為了錢”,美國將從烏克蘭價值上萬億美元的礦產資源和龐大的農業部門中獲取經濟利益。
格雷厄姆生命最后幾年里,最“得意”的“杰作”,莫過于與以色列總理內塔尼亞胡“里應外合”,煽動特朗普對伊朗開戰。據美國媒體披露,格雷厄姆從2024年總統選舉結束后就開始游說再次當選的特朗普。他不僅在公開場合頻繁上電視渲染“伊朗核威脅”,而且私下里在海湖莊園陪特朗普打高爾夫。
他曾在一檔節目中將對伊朗的戰爭描述為“有史以來最好的投資”,聲稱推翻伊朗政府后美國將控制大量石油資源,“大賺特賺”。
來源:新華社 美聯社 觀察者網 CCTV國際時訊 NBC
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