Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas

Senators are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for information on the medications used by millions of U.S. servicemembers, veterans and their families. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas

In a letter that cited ProPublica’s reporting, Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand asked Secretary Pete Hegseth for more information about the military’s drug supply and its reliance on foreign manufacturers.

by Zara Norman and Naisha Roy, Medill Investigative Lab