US EditionHegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, Pentagon firings
Hegseth defended the campaign as necessary while Democrats pressed him on $25 billion in costs and the firing of top Pentagon leaders.
- On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before the House Armed Services Committee, defending the ongoing Iran war and a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget as essential for national security.
- The 1973 War Powers Resolution sets a Friday deadline for Congress to authorize the conflict that began February 28, 2026, or risk leaving military operations on uncertain legal footing.
- Acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst III testified the Iran war has cost about $25 billion to date, with most spending directed toward replenishing munitions expended during the two-month conflict.
- Republicans praised the Pentagon chief's performance during Wednesday's hearing, though Democratic lawmakers characterized the testimony as incompetent and warned the conflict could lose vital congressional support.
- Strategic justifications for the conflict remain contested; Hegseth cited an 'imminent nuclear threat' from Iran despite previous administration claims that the country's nuclear facilities were already 'obliterated.
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'I’ll answer it for him': Ro Khanna claps back at Pete Hegseth over his failure to answer basic military stats
Rep. Ro Khanna took to the House floor on Thursday to provide his own assessment of the war in Iran after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth failed to offer clear answers during a recent budget hearing. The California Democrat shared a clip of his remarks on X, where he explicitly detailed the financial toll the Iran conflict is taking on American households. Khanna stated, “Yesterday, Secretary Hegseth couldn’t answer my question about how much th…
Duckworth Grills Hegseth, Caine Over 'Lack Of Strategy' In Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine on the Administration’s horrific lack of strategy and continued recklessness in Donald Trump’s unjustified war of choice in Iran that has resulted in higher costs, left 14 servicemembers dead and hundreds more wounded. During the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee …
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Takeaways from Hegseth's first hearings in Congress since the start of Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has appeared before Congress at a pair of hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration started the Iran war. Hegseth faced tough questions from skeptical Democrats. He seemed to emerge with solid…
Hegseth clashes with Democrats — and some Republicans — for a 2nd day over war in Iran
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators' accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy.
New Haven Register
The Latest: House votes to end Homeland Security shutdown as Senate grills Hegseth on Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff faced another day of intense questioning on Capitol Hill over the Iran war. The Trump administration is seeking a $1.5...
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