Waltz blames Biden for depleted stockpiles, but says US military has ‘everything that it needs’

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday blamed former President Biden for the Pentagon being low on munitions, but denied that the depletion is negatively impacting the war with Iran.

“We have to take a step back here in that a lot of stockpiles were depleted not only from what we gave Ukraine over the last… four or five years,” Waltz told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” 

Waltz also said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “inherited a depleted situation” from the Biden administration due to U.S. strikes on the Houthis — which the Trump administration carried out for nearly two months last year due to the Yemeni terrorist group targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea. 

NBC News reported Friday that U.S. military commanders have been selectively choosing which Iranian missiles and explosive-packed drones to intercept amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s diminishing supply........

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