Some senators pushed back on Hegseth's funding request as he testified at a pivotal time in the war.
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…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of 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…
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…
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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'Stop bombing our children in Iran and Palestine - this is illegal,' a woman stood and shouted.
Trump will attend the dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed in the Middle East. And, Pete Hegseth is requesting billions from Congress to help with the rising cost of the war in Iran.
