WASHINGTON, D.C. (KGUN) — This morning, Senator Mark Kelly was among the Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to question Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The session combined technical budget scrutiny with accountability questions.
The hearing was a Senate Armed Services Committee oversight session focused on the Defense Department’s priorities, readiness and budgeting. Senators questioned Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine about the department’s budget request (including roughly $71 billion for the nuclear triad and NC3), efforts to modernize the nuclear deterrent and command-and-control systems, the resilience of the defense industrial base and munitions production, and measures taken to minimize casualties during Operation Epic Fury.
Kelly sharply challenged Hegseth…
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