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Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s public statements about classified briefing amid ongoing feud

Nypost · · 724 words · By Fox News
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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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.”
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Multiple independent sources (Fox News, RealClearPolitics, and other web search results) confirm that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suggested Senator Mark Kelly may have violated his oath due to comments about a classified briefing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Numerous reasons have been given by different people for the 2026 Iran war, which began when the United States and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Iran on 28 February 2026. The reasons are desc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationale_for_the_2026_Iran_wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 29th United States secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, has been described as a Christian nationalist, a Christian patriot, and an ultraconservative. In his 2020 book, American Crusade: Our Fight to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Pete_He…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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“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.”
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Multiple sources confirm Senator Mark Kelly's appearance on 'Face the Nation' where he used the phrase 'shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines' regarding weapons stockpiles and the Iran war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, then-former preside…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidentia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kelly Lynn Loeffler ( LEF-lər; born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician who has served as the 28th administrator of the Small Business Administration since February 2025. A …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Loeffler
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly
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“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”
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Web search results specifically list the munitions mentioned (Tomahawks, ATACMS, SM-3, THAAD, and Patriot rounds) as those Kelly claimed were 'hit hard'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States has drawn down its munitions stockpiles so deeply during the war with Iran that it could be left vulnerable to other conflicts, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly said on Sunday, describi…
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/05/11/768404/US-munitions…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mark Kelly warns US weapons stockpiles are depleted.She also noted Kelly said US supplies of Tomahawks, ATACMS, SM-3 missiles, THAAD rounds, and Patriot rounds had been “hit hard,” adding that Kelly b…
https://news.meaww.com/pete-hegseth-vows-legal-review-for-ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mark Kelly, Sunday on "Face the Nation," said after briefings from the military in Congress, he is shocked by how much the war in Iran has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles. "We've been briefed by the …
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/10/sen_mark_…
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“it will take years to replenish those stockpiles”
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Multiple sources confirm the claim that it will take years to replenish these specific stockpiles, attributed to both Senator Kelly and general analysts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS ) is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM; PRI-zim) is a series of ballistic missiles, both short- and later medium-range, developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS. The early variant of thi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, fr…
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“the Pentagon’s legal counsel will review his comments.”
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Reports indicate that Pete Hegseth stated the Department of War's/Pentagon's legal counsel would be reviewing Senator Kelly's comments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Steven Kirk (born September 15, 1959) is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In November 2025, six Democratic members of the United States Congress—Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio and Maggie Goodlander—appeared in a video in which they t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2025_United_States_mi…
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“Hegseth had revealed similar information at a recent hearing and that it was not classified.”
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While sources confirm Hegseth's call for an investigation, there is no strong corroboration across multiple independent sources that Hegseth himself had previously revealed the same information at a hearing and claimed it was not classified.
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday called for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated over comments he made about US weapon stockpiles, marking the second time the Pentagon chief has opened a review …
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/mark-kelly-pete-hegs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported that the Pentagon placed a request with the White House for funding from Congress to replenish weaponry.For Secretary Hegseth as he oversees Operation Epic Fury…
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/2026/03/21/pentagon-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Sen. Mark Kelly may have violated his oath by discussing a classified briefing on U.S. weapons stockpiles depleted by the Iran war.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-says-pentagon-revie…
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“The DOJ has opened an investigation into the video posted online featuring six Democratic lawmakers calling on troops and members of the intelligence community to defy illegal orders from the federal government.”
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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry on the 'November 2025 United States military video controversy' and news reports, confirm the existence of the video and the subsequent investigations/interviews by the DOJ/FBI.
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web search NEUTRAL — Now ministers, more and more, come to look on their top civil servants as managers running a department, rather than as policy advisers. This article should be compulsory reading for anyone who is pro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company.
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web search NEUTRAL — DEPARTMENT definition: a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system. See examples of department used in a sentence.
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“the other lawmakers in the video were Sens. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, as well as Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Jason Crow of Colorado.”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists the six Democratic members of Congress in the video: Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, and Maggie Goodlander.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Jason Crow. Getty Images/AP. Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced it will investigate Kelly, a retired US Navy C…
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/politics/fbi-interviews-democ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Elissa Slotkin, Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, Pennsylvania Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan, and New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander gave in the video they published Nov 18.
https://pueblostarjournal.org/news/2025/12/16/trump-accuses-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon indicated that it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former U.S. Navy captain, for a video that said service members should "refuse illegal orders."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kelly-pentagon-investigati…
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“Grand jurors declined to sign off on charges against the lawmakers in February.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding grand jurors declining to sign off on charges in February.
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“In November, the Pentagon launched an investigation into Kelly, pointing to a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment.”
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Multiple sources (CBS News, other web results) confirm the Pentagon is investigating Senator Kelly (a retired Navy Captain) and mentioning the possibility of recalling him to active duty for misconduct.
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“Hegseth has censured Kelly and has attempted to retroactively demote him from his retired rank of captain”
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“a federal court ruling blocked the Pentagon from demoting the lawmaker over the video.”
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“The court also found the Pentagon likely violated Kelly’s First Amendment rights, and those of “millions of military retirees,” when it formally censured him on Jan. 5.”
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“Hegseth subsequently appealed that ruling.”
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“last week, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments”
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“President Donald Trump had accused the lawmakers of being “traitors” who engaged in “sedition at the highest level” and “should be in jail” after the video was posted last fall.”
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“He even suggested they should be executed over the video, although he later attempted to walk that comment back.”
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“Slotkin, who previously worked at the CIA and Pentagon, was targeted with a bomb threat just days after the clip and Trump’s subsequent statements”
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