Afghanistan, May 11 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has rejected claims by a US senator that American ammunition stockpiles have been significantly depleted following the recent war involving Iran, calling the remarks inaccurate and misleading.
In a post on X on Sunday, Hegseth responded to comments made by Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, saying the lawmaker had misinterpreted information from a classified Pentagon briefing and was presenting it incorrectly in public.
Hegseth wrote that "Mark Kelly is at it again," accusing the senator of spreading false interpretations of sensitive defense information in media appearances.
The dispute follows an interview in which Kelly told CBS that the Pentagon had informed him the United States h...