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BumRushDaShow

(172,812 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 07:44 AM May 11

Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second time

Source: CNN Politics

Updated May 10, 2026, 10:59 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 10, 2026, 10:18 PM ET


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 into the Democratic senator.

Hegseth slammed the retired Navy captain and former astronaut for expressing concern on CBS’ “Face the Nation” over US weapons stockpiles amid the Iran war, saying Kelly was “blabbing on TV” about a classified Pentagon briefing. “Did he violate his oath…again? @DeptofWar legal counsel will review,” Hegseth posted on social media Sunday evening.

Kelly said earlier Sunday that following briefings by the Pentagon on munitions, including Tomahawks, ATACMS and Patriot rounds, he found it “shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines.”

“We’ve expended a lot of munitions. And that means the American people are less safe. Whether it’s a conflict in the western Pacific with China or somewhere else in the world, the munitions are depleted,” Kelly, who sits on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees, told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-pentagon-investigation

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Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second time (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 11 OP
Because of the war, depletion is easily deducible by anyone bucolic_frolic May 11 #1
At least Kelly didn't reveal classified military information in a Signal chat. sop May 11 #2
Always projection with these guys. Miguelito Loveless May 11 #5
Then there's that vapor2 May 11 #27
Somebody's gonna... GiqueCee May 11 #3
He's begging for a fragging liberalgunwilltravel May 11 #6
I tried... GiqueCee May 11 #7
He may be "world class" liberalgunwilltravel May 11 #9
We cannot just fire these people. He needs to be prosecuted for war crimes and murder. travelingthrulife May 11 #14
So, stating Miguelito Loveless May 11 #4
tRUMP and this insane drunk killed a lot of Iranian schoolgirls wolfie001 May 11 #10
Don't forget the fishermen he whacked for no reason. travelingthrulife May 11 #15
The list is so long. Children dying of disease and starvation worldwide wolfie001 May 11 #23
"they wasted a hell of a lot of weapons on Iran for no good reason." BumRushDaShow May 11 #12
I think you put your finger on it Miguelito Loveless May 11 #13
I recall this info being a newspaper headline weeks ago... appmanga May 11 #8
Exactly canetoad May 11 #33
Intentional harassment..is there such a thing against the law? Deuxcents May 11 #11
Does realize angrychair May 11 #16
They'll keep running that play until they get it right. n/t malthaussen May 11 #17
May he, and all his enablers and supporters, receive everything niyad May 11 #18
That dead horse is pulp by now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 #19
Bosses Smackdown2019 May 11 #20
How many time , in the future, will we be investigating Whiskey Pete ? republianmushroom May 11 #21
Stop wasting my tax money on this crap! tonekat May 11 #22
Kegs breathe is a live version of SNL Jost version Pas-de-Calais May 11 #24
Says the guy who shared military secrets on Signal chat app? That guy? Owens May 11 #25
yes, the drunken rapist Skittles May 11 #28
KEGSETH is the one who should be INVESTIGATED Skittles May 11 #26
Sen. Kelly said he'd think over a Presidential run. BadgerMom May 11 #29
Seems like someone ought to investigate Hegdeath for abuse of power FullySupportDems May 11 #30
These bastards time is coming. They (this whole administration) have tried to destroy bluestarone May 11 #31
Hegseth is acting like a poor ol' baby, unable to take criticism from a standing member of Congress, who simply remarked SWBTATTReg May 11 #32
You know who the Pentagon should investigate? Kid Berwyn May 12 #34

GiqueCee

(4,925 posts)
3. Somebody's gonna...
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:16 AM
May 11

... deal with that drunken loudmouth very harshly. Better update your resumé, Kegsbreath.

GiqueCee

(4,925 posts)
7. I tried...
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:26 AM
May 11

... to phrase it more delicately, but yeah, he'd deserve it. He's already done far more harm than good. And, by all accounts, he's a world-class prick.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,276 posts)
9. He may be "world class"
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:37 AM
May 11

But it’s pretty obvious that his prick is tiny, since he’s constantly trying to compensate for it.

travelingthrulife

(5,688 posts)
14. We cannot just fire these people. He needs to be prosecuted for war crimes and murder.
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:57 AM
May 11

If we again let our criminals go free, we will never regain respect or authority in the world.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,974 posts)
4. So, stating
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:21 AM
May 11

we "expended a lot of munitions" is something I know, and I have never sat in on any classified briefing.

Hegseth just confirmed what he has been denying, that they wasted a hell of a lot of weapons on Iran for no good reason.

BumRushDaShow

(172,812 posts)
12. "they wasted a hell of a lot of weapons on Iran for no good reason."
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:20 AM
May 11

That's probably why we're not bombing right now and are instead hemming and hawing about the purported "ceasefire" still holding, and left doing big bad wolf huffing and puffing and threatening to blow their stone house down.. They apparently crossed the inventory red line.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,974 posts)
13. I think you put your finger on it
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:35 AM
May 11

And Hegseth is looking for someone to blame (Yes, that makes no sense, but then nothing does in this maladministration).

appmanga

(1,556 posts)
8. I recall this info being a newspaper headline weeks ago...
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:29 AM
May 11

...and quoting published reports isn't sharing classified info. Whiskey Pete is a clown.

angrychair

(12,545 posts)
16. Does realize
Mon May 11, 2026, 11:41 AM
May 11

That Kelly isn't just some blogger but a sitting US Senator and he has the right to speak on any topic he wants unless it's expressly classified.

Smackdown2019

(1,366 posts)
20. Bosses
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:39 PM
May 11

1. US House of Representatives
2. US Senate
3. US President

All above are the Boss of Secretary of Defense.

It's just Trump he kisses the Asss each morning. Rest are impeachment overseers.

tonekat

(2,584 posts)
22. Stop wasting my tax money on this crap!
Mon May 11, 2026, 02:44 PM
May 11

Damn, all this failed administration can do is whine and seek some kind of "revenge" for law obeying citizens!!

BadgerMom

(3,445 posts)
29. Sen. Kelly said he'd think over a Presidential run.
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:08 PM
May 11

When Biden seemed as though he’d be the 2020 Dem candidate, Trump tried to bribe Zelenskyy to sully Biden. Trump was impeached. If Trump views Kelly as a strong Democratic possibility, he’s probably pressuring Hegseth every day to damage Kelly.

Just my thoughts.

FullySupportDems

(513 posts)
30. Seems like someone ought to investigate Hegdeath for abuse of power
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:20 PM
May 11

Isn't a political witch hunt by a secretary of defense against any law at all? Such obvious abuse of power. In your face abuse of power. Just crying into the void about it. So f'ed up.

bluestarone

(22,492 posts)
31. These bastards time is coming. They (this whole administration) have tried to destroy
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:20 PM
May 11

This HONORABLE American!! I'm hoping he goes after everyone of them that are involved in this BULLSHIT!!

SWBTATTReg

(26,473 posts)
32. Hegseth is acting like a poor ol' baby, unable to take criticism from a standing member of Congress, who simply remarked
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:32 PM
May 11

that ammo stocks are dropping low. What is criminal about that? Anybody in the world could see the US bombed Iran quite a bit, and thus, of course our ammo stocks dropped/dipped.

Whinny little baby, just like tRUMP is. No wonder that the two of them got together somehow.

Kelly is a hero, one who served also in one of the most deadly of occupations, being a astronaut and going into space.

tRUMP of course didn't serve as his foot hurt. Hegseth forgot that he investigated Kelly from before (or ignored it), probably due to too much alcohol or something...

Kid Berwyn

(25,283 posts)
34. You know who the Pentagon should investigate?
Tue May 12, 2026, 10:44 AM
May 12
America’s Gorbachev



MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known direct conversation between Putin and a U.S president since early 2022.

Trump, who has promised to end the war in Ukraine but not yet set out in public how he would do so, said last week that the war was a bloodbath and that his team had had "some very good talks".

In an interview aboard Air Force One on Friday Trump told the New York Post that he had "better not say," when asked how many times he and Putin had spoken.

Snip…

Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, in his 2024 book "War", reported that Trump had direct conversations as many as seven times with Putin after he left the White House in 2021.

Asked if that were true in an interview to Bloomberg last year, Trump said: "If I did, it's a smart thing." The Kremlin denied Woodward's report.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-has-spoken-putin-about-ending-war-ukraine-new-york-post-reports-2025-02-09/
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