'Urgent requirements’ for US military funding cited by GOP as Hegseth estimates war cost

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 1,187

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate committee in charge of funding the government spent hours in a hearing room Tuesday, trying to parse out just how much extra spending lawmakers should provide for the military amid the ongoing war in Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators the bombing of Iran has cost $37.5 billion. He said that while the department has about $75 billion in unobligated funds from Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law, that money wasn’t …

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