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Trump Confronted Hegseth Over Munitions Shortfall Limiting US Options on Iran

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President Donald Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a Camp David Cabinet meeting over munitions shortages that now threaten to limit American military options against Iran, according to accounts published overnight. Hegseth pointed to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, who hastily convened senior military and acquisition officials that Friday night after an angry call from Trump. The White House called the account "100% fake news." The United States has used nearly 80 percent of its THAAD interceptors and roughly half its Patriot stocks since the war began, the systems defending American and allied bases from Iranian ballistic missiles.

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