Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kellys public statements about classified briefing amid ongoing feud

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Sunday suggested Sen.Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., may have violated his oath with comments he made to a news outlet following a classified briefing.Kelly told Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation that it is “shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines” when asked if the Pentagon has updated lawmakers on the Iran war’s impact on US weapons stockpiles. The senator told Brennan the Tomahawks, Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3), Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) rounds and Patriot rounds used to defend the US have been hit hard, adding that it will take years to replenish those stockpiles, which could affect a hypothetical US conflict with China.In response, Hegseth questioned whether Kelly, a former Navy pilot, may have violated his oath and said the Pentagon’s legal counsel will review his comments.“‘Captain’ Mark Kelly strikes again,” Hegseth wrote on X.“Now he’s blabbing on TV (falsely & dumbly) about a *CLASSIFIED* Pentagon briefing he received,” he continued.

“Did he violate his oath… again? @DeptofWar legal counsel will review.”The senator clapped back, saying Hegseth had revealed similar information at a recent hearing and that it was not classified.“We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take ‘years’ to replenish some of these stockpiles,” Kelly responded on X.“That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you.

This war is coming at a serious cost and you and the president still haven’t explained to the American people what the goal is.”This comes amid a months-long dispute between Hegseth and Kelly over the senator’s participation in a video with some of his Democratic colleagues in Congress urging US military members to ignore “illegal” orders.The DOJ has opened an investigation into the video posted online featuring six Democratic lawmakers calling on troops and members of the intellig...