U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are set to testify before a Senate committee as lawmakers examine the Pentagon's defense budget, military priorities, and the costs associated with the ongoing conflict involving Iran.

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Senators are preparing to grill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the U.S. war against Iran. Hegseth and other officials are appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee…

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…

War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Gen. Dan Caine, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will testify before Congress on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are set to testify before a Senate committee as lawmakers examine the Pentagon's…

Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort

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Latest cost comes as Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine seek a $1.5 trillion budget, including $70bn for Iran war.

In an at times contentious hearing, the defense secretary said the administration urgently needed nearly $90 billion in supplemental funding in part to cover Iran conflict-related…

Defense secretary demands ‘necessary injection’ of $67 billion for ‘generational investment’ in nation’s military as senators ask him to justify continued spending while…

US defense secretary defended the Pentagon’s emergency funding request as senators pressed him on U.S. strategy, troop deaths and depleted weapons stocks, while Democrats warned…

Hegseth disputed Peters's use of the word "failure" for the U.S. military's actions in Iran, saying it undermines the sacrifice of service members.

At a Senate budget hearing on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth estimated that the war with Iran had so far cost $37.5 billion.

The defense secretary revealed that the war has already cost American taxpayers $37.5 billion.

A tense exchange unfolded during today's Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine over…

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A heated Senate hearing erupted as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand clashed over the Pentagon's proposed $1.5 trillion budget, U.S. strikes on Iran, and…