U.S. Department of Defense

The amendment includes findings from a Department of Defense report linking the Army's lapses in following its own policies and procedures to the Lewiston tragedy.

The Inspector General's Office at the Defense Department initiated the review in response to major failings identified after an Army Reservist killed 18 people in Lewiston in October 2023.

The nominee can only afford to lose three GOP senators if Democrats unite against him so attention could now shift to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and other potential swing votes.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, has lamented that international laws governing war and torture have hamstrung and endangered American military operations.

Contracts for Bath Iron Works accounted for about half of the spending.