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…

Latest estimate before that, in May, was $7.5bn lower