Pete Hegseth Gives Suspiciously Low Estimate of Total Cost of Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just lowballed the Iran war to the tune of about $62.5 billion. Hegseth, alongside officials including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday to update lawmakers on the state of the war and to request nearly $88 billion more for “urgent needs” in the war effort. About 15 minutes into Hegseth’s testimony, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin asked if he had a new estimate for how much the war in Iran has…