WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 12 members of Congress in opening a new investigation into reports that the Department of Defense (DoD) failed to provide adequate medical care to service members injured in a March drone strike on a U.S. military post at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. In a new letter (https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Final-Letter-to-DoD-re-Access-to-Care-after-Port-Shuaiba-Strike.pdf) to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers asked him to provide clarity on the reports and DoD's investigation into the Port Shuaiba strike.
"Secretary Hegseth's reckless...