Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Puts $37.5 Billion Price Tag on the Iran War as White House Seeks $87.6 Billion in Additional Funding

Hegseth's Iran war math doesn't add up

The defense secretary pegged the war's cost at $37 billion. The real total is far higher

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth puts $37.5 billion price tag on the Iran war as White House seeks $87.6 billion in additional funding

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators that the U.S. war in Iran has already cost an estimated $37.5 billion, marking the Pentagon’s first public accounting of the conflict since it began in late February. The disclosure comes as the Senate Appropriations Committee is discussing the White House’s request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding to sustain military operations and address what the Trump administration calls urgent wartime n…

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In Trump’s Iran war, eighteen U.S. service members are dead, hundreds have been injured and Hegseth estimates spending at over $37.5 billion to date. Last updated July 24.

Hegseth pegs Iran war cost at $37.5 billion as Pentagon seeks tens of billions more

The figure, delivered under questioning at a hearing repeatedly interrupted by protesters, marked an increase from the last official estimate and drew immediate criticism from Democrats on the committee.