The Iran war has cost the US $37.5 billion dollars, says Defense Secretary Pete Hesgseth

Per France 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Senate committee that the Iran war has cost the US thirty-seven point five billion dollars to date. The Pentagon is requesting nearly seventy billion dollars in additional funding, and the hearing turned contentious as senators pressed for clarity on the military's strategy to either win or end the war.

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