Hegseth Orders Review of Kelly Over Munitions Remarks

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a legal review into Sen. Mark Kelly after the Arizona Democrat discussed U.S. weapons stockpiles on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, accusing him of revealing details from a classified Pentagon briefing.

Kelly, a retired Navy captain who serves on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees, told host Margaret Brennan that recent Pentagon briefings on munitions including Tomahawk missiles, Army Tactical Missile System missiles, and Patriot interceptors showed significant depletion from the ongoing war with Iran. "It is shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines," Kelly said. "We've expended a lot of munitions. And that means the American people are less safe," he added, noting that replenishing the stockpiles could take years and leave the U.S. vulnerable in potential conflicts, such as one in the western Pacific.

In a post on X late Sunday, Hegseth wrote, "Captain Mark Kelly strikes again. Now he's blabbing on TV falsely dumbly about a CLASSIFIED Pentagon briefing he received. Did he violate his oath again? Dept of War legal counsel will review." The Pentagon referred inquiries to the post and provided no further details.