Pentagon runs through Yemen strike munitions with limited success: Report

President Donald Trump praised the U.S. military this week for carrying out airstrikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis

but Pentagon and military officials are telling Congress a different story about the success of the mission

On Monday, Trump posted to Truth Social, The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks

Many of their fighters and leaders are no longer with us. We hit them every day and night, harder and harder

However, the New York Times is reporting in recent closed-door briefings, military officials admitted to only having limited success in destroying the Houthis' extensive arsenal of missiles and drones

Officials also revealed the strikes are much more intense than those under the Biden administration and larger than what the Defense Department publicly stated

According to the Times, one U.S. official said they may need to request more funds from Congress soon after using $200 million worth of munitions in just three weeks, with the total cost likely reaching over $1 billion by next week

However a senior Pentagon official is countering the claims about a lack of success telling the Times they are quote on track The Pentagon has not given an official update on the attacks since March 17th when it reported more than 30 Houthi targets were hit On March 24th a spokesperson for the military

Central Command said the strikes destroyed command and control facilities, air defense systems

weapons manufacturing facilities, and advanced weapons storage. The strikes are also at the

center of an investigation involving Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other high-ranking

officials who shared information in a Signal chat group about the initial bombings in Yemen on March

15th before the pilots were even airborne. The group was created by National Security Advisor

Mike Waltz, who said he takes full responsibility for the situation, claimed the Atlantic journalist's

number was mistakenly added under someone else's contact's name. Top officials, including CIA

Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, said the information

shared in those messages was not classified. I cover the military and national defense beat here

at Straight Arrow News, and numerous people told me directly at the time the messages were sent

the information being transmitted would have been considered classified. For more unbiased, straight-fact updates like this

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