The Hill
U.S. naval forces have spent nearly $1 billion in the Middle East, including on efforts to fend off drone and missile attacks from the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said this week.
Del Toro told lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that Navy sailors deployed to the Red Sea and the Middle East have operated “extraordinarily well,” but said Congress must pass a supplemental to replenish munitions spent in the region.
