Pete Hegseth Needs Another $90B as the Iran War Flares Up Again
Just when everyone thought military budgets had settled, Pete Hegseth is heading to Capitol Hill asking for a light $90 billion boost.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking a trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a pretty heavy shopping list. With tensions around Iran flaring up yet again, the Pentagon is asking Congress for nearly $90 billion in extra funding.
It turns out running military operations in an escalating Middle Eastern conflict gets expensive very fast. Just as lawmakers were catching their breath over federal spending debates, a fresh surge in hostility sent defense officials rushing right back to Washington's checkbook.
Now Congress has to figure out where to find tens of billions of dollars on short notice to cover the new bill.
Nothing brings Washington consensus together quite like an unexpected multi-billion-dollar military emergency invoice.
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