WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led nine members of Congress in pressing 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 a new report (https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/14/2003930527/-1/-1/1/DOWIG-2026-084_REDACTED%20SECURE.PDF) by the DoD Inspector General (DoD IG), which found that under Hegseth's leadership, DoD has put service members and civilians at risk and has potentially violated federal law. It also follows the recent U.S. military strikes on Iranian water treatment facilities, which damaged thousands of civilia...