- The Pentagon’s budget official, Jules Hurst, has revealed that the cost of the war in Iran to date is $25 billion.
- The number was disclosed during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s congressional hearing on Wednesday morning, where he is being questioned under oath by lawmakers about his handling of the Iran war for the first time since the conflict began.
- The war, which Hegseth pledged in early March would likely last between “four to five weeks,” has now entered its eighth week.
- Hegseth was heckled by protesters when he arrived for the hearing. One person held a sign that said “Arrest Hegseth” as other demonstrators shouted at him, asking, “Why did you order the bombing of school children?”
- Hegseth ignored the protesters and went on to ask God to “continue to watch over our troops in harm's way" in his opening statements to the committee.
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