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Hegseth Estimates Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Hegseth says Iran war will cost $37.5 billion
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators that he estimates the Iran war has cost the U.S. military $37.5 billion so far. That estimate is an increase from the $28 billion quoted in the spring, before a ceasefire went into effect. NBC News reported this month that some experts and officials have put the overall cost for the war at $80 billion to $100…
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Updated estimated cost of Iran war is $37.5 billion: Hegseth
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the department’s new estimated cost for the Iran war is up to $37.5 billion. That $37.5 billion estimate from Hegseth, which he said includes some additional military pay and operations and maintenance costs anticipated through the fiscal year, is up from the…
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Pete Hegseth Gives Suspiciously Low Estimate of Total Cost of Iran War
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just lowballed the Iran war to the tune of about $62.5 billion.Hegseth, alongside officials including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday to update lawmakers on the state of the war and to request nearly $88 billion more for “urgent needs” in the war…
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$37.5bn cost of Iran war revealed as senator warns of ‘another forever war’ | First Thing
Pete Hegseth reveals costs so far as Trump administration seeks more funding. Plus, rediscovered plane wreck that changed flying for everGood morning.The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has told the Senate that the US-Israel war on Iran has cost $37.5bn so far, as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict’s soaring price tag and the deaths last week…
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Iran war has cost US $37.5bn so far, Hegseth says
Some senators pushed back on Hegseth's funding request as he testified at a pivotal time in the war.
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Hegseth, Caine to testify before Senate panel amid escalating Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify before a Senate committee amid escalations in the war with Iran in recent days.
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Hegseth set for Senate grilling as Iran war sours
Click in for The Hill’s midday newsletter with all the latest news. It’s Tuesday. Who else has been following The Boston Red Sox’s historic 14-game winning streak (!) What a wild turnaround. ⚾ In today’s issue: Hegseth to plead for more Iran funding Lebanon president meets with Trump Iran war funds may run out in…
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Explosive moment Trump ally berates Pete Hegseth over Iran war as eye-popping price tag is revealed
'Stop bombing our children in Iran and Palestine - this is illegal,' a woman stood and shouted.
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Several Protesters Arrested After Interrupting War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Senate Testimony Multiple Times (VIDEO)
War Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday to field questions on the Pentagon's multi-billion-dollar budget request to fund the military and replenish military supplies expended in the Iran war. Not even one minute into Hegseth's opening statement before the committee, multiple interruptions from protesters…
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