WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
"So, we fired years' worth of munitions... But, Mr. Secretary, this war is stuck."
This week, during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on the annual defense budget, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly (D-AZ) pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on how this administration justifies burning through America's critical munitions stockpiles in a war that is not achieving its objectives while driving up costs for Americans.
Kelly also gave Hegseth a chance to clarify his "no quarter" comment from March and questioned the Department of Defense's staggering $1.5 trillion budget request.
Kelly pressed Hegseth on the cost of the ongoing I...