Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shakes the hand of United States Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, during a Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Budget Hearing for the Department of Defense in the Rayburn House office building, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request.

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