Latest cost comes as Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine seek a $1.5 trillion budget, including $70bn for Iran war.
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Donald Trump’s war is projected to cost much, much more.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has put the latest official price tag on the US-Israel war on Iran at $37.5 billion, an increase of nearly $8 billion since the last estimate in May.
U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth estimates the Iran war's cost at $37.5 billion amid urgent funding requests for the Pentagon.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Tuesday that the US war against Iran has so far cost $37.5 billion, around $8 billion more than the last public estimate. Hegseth told lawmakers t…
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. “The estimate we have as of today is…
Hegseth had requested some $67 billion in supplemental funding for the Pentagon
The war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but the bill is likely much higher, experts have told CNN.
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…
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.…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is being questioned on the cost of the war against Iran, his idea of testosterone screening for troops, and the number of service people who have…
The estimate includes military pay and "operations and maintenance" costs.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - The United States' war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion…
The Trump administration is pursuing what would amount to a $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal 2027.
Latest estimate before that, in May, was $7.5bn lower
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…
President Trump's top military advisors were on Capitol Hill to make the case for the war in Iran, and additional money to fund the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and…
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.
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Phil StewartWASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - The cost of the United States' war in Iran has risen to $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense…
The defence secretary was publicly facing questions from lawmakers for the first time since the US military restarted operations in Iran.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told a Senate committee Tuesday that the financial cost of the Iran war has now reached about $37.5 billion.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the U.S. war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, including projected expenses through Sept. 30. | World News
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's latest estimate puts the cost of the US war against Iran at 37.5 billion US dollars so far, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday as the…
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.