India, April 18 -- Defense Secretary (Secretary of War) Pete Hegseth on Saturday rejected reports alleging food shortages aboard two key US Navy vessels operating in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the coverage misleading. This comes days after unverified reports cited sailors abord the two ships to claim that there was a food shortage and poor meal quality. Crew allegedly said they were 'hungry all the time'.

Hegseth pushed back against these claims. "The @USNavy is correct. More FAKE NEWS from the Pharisee Press. My team confirmed the logistics stats for the Lincoln & Tripoli. Both have 30+ days of Class I supplies (food) on board. NavCent monitors this everyday, for every ship," he wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

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