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US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran Conflict So Far, Pentagon Says
Most of the spending has gone to munitions, while lawmakers review a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Acting Undersecretary of War for Finances Jules Hurst III told the House Armed Services Committee that the war with Iran has cost the Pentagon an estimated $25 billion, primarily for munitions.
- The hearing addressed President Donald Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion military budget, as lawmakers scrutinized the ongoing war with Iran, which Democrats argue proceeds without explicit congressional approval.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced his first legislative questioning regarding the conflict, while Rep. Adam Smith warned that relying on "violence, threats, and coercion" to bend the world to U.S. will is "a very dangerous strategy."
- President Trump has ordered aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iranian ports, while three American aircraft carriers are in the Middle East for the first time in more than 20 years.
- Hegseth is set to face the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, as Hurst confirmed the White House will deliver a supplemental funding request to Congress once the war's total cost is fully assessed.
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Pentagon’s $25 billion cost estimate for Iran war is low and does not include cost of rebuilding US bases, sources say
The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region, three people familiar with the matter told CNN.
This assessment is "welcome," but "subject to debate," according to one expert.
Iran War Has Cost $25 Billion So Far, Pentagon Confirms.
The United States has already spent $25 billion on the Iran war, according to high-ranking Pentagon officials.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United States has spent approximately $25 billion on the Iran war thus far, according to Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III. As the war nears its 60-day mark, the bulk of its costs have reportedly come from munitions, operations, and equipment replacements and maintenance. DETAIL: The figure, anno…
The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date
WASHINGTON –- The war in Iran has cost an estimated $25 billion so far, according to a Pentagon estimate. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered no indication of when the conflict might end during combative testimony before a congressional committee Wednesday.In a testy exchange before the House Armed Services Committee, Hegseth was grilled by Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat from Washington. Smith asked the defense secretary how he thought the w…
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