WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
This week, Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and eight of their Democratic colleagues in pressing (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Letter-from-Senator-Kelly-Colleagues-to-Secretary-Hegseth-on-CHMR-AP-IG-Report.pdf) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the Department of Defense's (DoD) defunding and deprioritizing of programs that prevent and respond to civilian harm in war. The letter follows (https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/14/2003930527/-1/-1/1/DOWIG-2026-084_REDACTED%20SECURE.PDF) a new report by the DoD Inspector General (DoD IG), which found that under Hegseth's leadership, DoD has...