War with Iran has cost the US $37.5 billion, Hegseth says, as administration seeks billions more

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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Members of the Trump administration appeared before the committee to request supplemental funding amid recent escalation in the war with Iran.
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Live Updates19 min ago The Pentagon has not included the cost of rebuilding bases attacked by Iran in its estimates
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Analysis On Iran, a $37 billion price tag and no answers on how it ends
“We need some hard answers and some straight talk.”
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s justification for the Iran war, with the New York Democrat challenging the Pentagon chief over past claims about Iran’s nuclear program.
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Analysis Trump’s awkward comments about troop deaths expose his focus on the politics
The Iran war has now seen the first US troop deaths since March, with the announcements that three service members have died in recent days.

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