Ambassador Mike Waltz dismisses concerns over depleted U.S. weapons stockpile amid war with Iran
Iran warAmbassador Mike Waltz dismisses concerns over depleted U.S. weapons stockpile amid war with IranIn an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said that the U.S. has “everything that it needs” for the military operations. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleAmb. Waltz initially argued that stockpiles were depleted because of the Biden administration’s decisions to provide arms to Ukraine amid the war with Russia, as well as U.S. strikes on Iranian-aligned Houthis during the Biden administration.
- ▪Iran warAmbassador Mike Waltz dismisses concerns over depleted U.S. weapons stockpile amid war with IranIn an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said that the U.S. has “everything that it needs”
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- ▪Waltz initially argued that stockpiles were depleted because of the Biden administration’s decisions to provide arms to Ukraine amid the war with Russia, as well as U.S. strikes on Iranian-aligned Houthis during the Biden administration.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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Iran warAmbassador Mike Waltz dismisses concerns over depleted U.S. weapons stockpile amid war with IranIn an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said that the U.S. has “everything that it needs” for the military operations. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleAmb. Mike Waltz says military has ‘everything that it needs’ amid supply concerns: Full interview11:13Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 26, 2026, 9:49 AM EDTBy Megan BrandMike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the U.S. has “everything that it needs” for military operations against Iran, dismissing reporting regarding depleted U.S.
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