The Secretary of ‘War’ struggled to justify the continuing war in Iran as he went to Congress to ask for over $70 billion of supplementary funding. Instead, he retreated to a series of embarrassing buzzwords, writes Holly Baxter

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Donald Trump’s war is projected to cost much, much more.

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…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans…

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

'Stop bombing our children in Iran and Palestine - this is illegal,' a woman stood and shouted.

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Iran war has cost the United States $37.5 billion so far, up from a previous estimate of nearly $29 billion in mid-May.…

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The Iran war has cost the DoD $37.5 billion to date, Hegseth told senators Tuesday, as he requested $67.1 billion more in emergency funding.

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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’s estimate is up from the $25 billion Pentagon officials gave in late April. NBC News has reported the amount is much higher.

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

The United States' war in Iran has reached $37.5 billion in costs. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought urgent funding from skeptical lawmakers. This conflict strains the…

Pete Hegseth said the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defended a nearly $70 billion Pentagon funding request before skeptical senators.