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 the conflict risks becoming another open-ended war

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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

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 estimate includes military pay and "operations and maintenance" costs.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified at a Senate hearing that Donald Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a necessary investment.

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

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…

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…

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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.

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…

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.