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Pentagon No. 3 frustrates senators in closed-door briefing on Iran war, Trump defense strategy
Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike emerged Thursday from a closed-door briefing frustrated by what they said was a lack of clear answers from Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby on the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy and the ongoing Iran war. The briefing with the Senate Armed Services Committee started off rocky, with Colby…
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Source context: Eighteen service members have been killed since the U.S. war with Iran began in late February — including in hostile and non-hostile action — and more than 800 have been injured, the DCAS database said as of Friday.
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President Trump’s seven-month war on Iran has cost the American taxpayer $45.1 billion, according to estimates the United States Central Command gave Congress this week. They also estimate that they’ll require another $28 billion to cover the cost to replace lost munitions.According to the CENTCOM estimate, $28.1 billion went toward replacing spent…
Nearly the entire Democratic caucus in the Senate is demanding that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provide Congress with a full accounting of the cost of the war in Iran along with related budget requests, as frustration grows that the Pentagon is not being forthcoming about the war and its fiscal impact.
For the first time, the Pentagon reported costs incurred by each armed service. The figures are almost certainly on the low side, congressional officials said.
The report raises questions regarding the military’s line-of-duty investigations following service member deaths.
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike emerged Thursday from a closed-door briefing frustrated by what they said was a lack of clear answers from Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby on the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy and the ongoing Iran war. The briefing with the Senate Armed Services Committee started off rocky, with Colby…
Eighteen service members have been killed since the U.S. war with Iran began in late February — including in hostile and non-hostile action — and more than 800 have been injured, the DCAS database said as of Friday.
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The reasons aren't hard to divine. Trump won on a platform of lowering costs and avoiding foreign entanglements. Now diesel prices are hovering above $6 a gallon because of a war that predictably squeezed Middle Eastern energy supplies.
State of the Union: The Washington Post reported that U.S. war deaths exceeded the official Pentagon count, and smoke and flames were observed at Riyadh Airport. The post Iran War Day 204: Pentagon Says War Has Cost at Least $43.6 Billion appeared first on The American Conservative.
