Mark Kelly grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his declaration that there would be "no quarter" and "no mercy" for the enemy in the ongoing Iran conflict.

This morning, Senator Mark Kelly was among the Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to question Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his answers to questions during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The phrase, “no quarter,” suggests that military combatants who surrendered would be executed instead of being taken prisoner.

Democrats grilled Hegseth about the ballooning costs of the war, the huge drawdown of U.S. munitions and the bombing of a school that killed children

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced the first round of intense questioning on Capitol Hill on April 29 as lawmakers scrutinized the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, launched without formal congressional approval.

The April 30 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee didn’t hint at the monthslong legal battle between Hegseth and Kelly over the “illegal orders” video that Kelly t

John Phelan repeatedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth before he was fired as Navy secretary — including over whether to comply with a federal judge’s order, according to a new report.