'The military requires a generational investment to deliver on peace through strength'
The defense secretary’s estimate, revealed at a combative Senate hearing, is up from the $25 billion Pentagon officials gave in late April. NBC News has reported the amount is much higher.
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…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was interrupted by four different protesters during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday where he was facing off against lawmakers and requesting billions for the Iran war.Several people holding signs and demonstrating against the Iran war were escorted out of the room as the hearing started at the Senate Appropriations…
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.
"Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
