Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and War Secretary Pete Hegseth exchanged barbs behind closed doors Tuesday over the Pentagon’s escalating “misconduct” review into the retired Navy combat veteran. The encounter came during a classified all-senators briefing at the Capitol on recent U.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's investigation into him a "bunch of bull****" and said he believes it's about sending a message to retired service members not to speak out against the president. "This is very performative for him," Kelly told reporters about the investigation.

"He wants to perform. He doesn't want to answer questions about these strikes on boats in Venezuela," the Arizona Democratic senator said Tuesday.

The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military information in a group chat on Signal earlier this year and whether it damaged national security – in part because Hegseth never authorized it,

Calling Geressy “my toughest critic and my best mentor,” Hegseth in March presented him with the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army’s second-highest award for valor, for Geressy’s conduct following an ambush in Baghdad in 2007.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not release the full, unedited video of the U.S. military’s September strike on an alleged drug boat, when 11 “narco-terrorists”

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.