Defense Secretary Hegseth Faces Questions on Pentagon Funding
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing scrutiny and questions regarding an additional $87.6 billion funding request for the Pentagon, as he prepares for upcoming Senate testimony.
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Pete Hegseth faces questions over $87.6bn additional funding for Pentagon
Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, walked into the Senate on Tuesday to defend the Trump administration’s $87.6bn supplemental funding request, facing lawmakers furious that the US-Israel war on Iran is costing far more than the White House has admitted. Hegseth and the chair of the joint chiefs, Gen Dan Caine, faced the Senate appropriations committee, chaired by Susan Collin...
By Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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