Eric Schmitt

The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.

About 50 military officers and civilian employees were questioned over disclosures to the press, including reports that the Iran war has depleted U.S. munitions stockpiles, The New York Times reported

The move comes as multiple news organizations have revealed details about how the war with Iran has drained munition stockpiles and reported on concerns inside the administration about the strategic direction of the conflict

The investigators asked military officers and civilian employees if they disclosed classified information and about whether they provided information about a shortage of long-range missiles and Patriot interceptors.

About 50 Pentagon staff have been given polygraph tests, amid an investigation into leaks to the media about the war with Iran and depleted weapons stockpiles.

U.S. government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, according to officials briefed on the move.

About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

A year into its military boat strike campaign, the United States appears to be targeting a new type of vessel — large fishing boats off the coast

(Times Insider)

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked the United States for more U.S. military help last week after the Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched a broad offensive.