In a Senate hearing room on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth placed before lawmakers a figure that speaks to the weight of sustained conflict: $37.5 billion spent, and $87.6 billion more requested, as the United States and Iran continue their daily exchange of strikes over the Strait of Hormuz. The administration presses forward without a diplomatic horizon in sight, while the human cost accumulates in the form of soldiers killed, families fractured, and a military stretched thin. History has long warned that wars begun with confidence in escalation rarely end on the terms their archite
Hegseth Seeks $87.6B for Iran War Costing $37.5B So Far
Multiple U.S. soldiers killed in drone and missile attacks; at least one soldier identified as killed while disarming a drone in Iraq.