‘13 soldiers killed in Iran, how?’: DeLauro grills Pentagon on budget cuts and military readiness

Rep. Rosa DeLauro delivers a sharp and emotional critique of Pentagon leadership during a tense hearing, raising serious concerns about U.S. Army readiness and troop safety. Questioning defense officials, DeLauro calls out what she describes as poorly handled decisions from cuts in Army aviation funding to the release of Army chaplains. She also highlights deeper structural issues, warning that current military platforms are 'not sufficient for the speed' of modern threats and stressing the urgent need to modernize systems like the UH-60 Black Hawk.