Defense Sec. Hegseth sends a his bill to Congress…..
And this….
“Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” Hegseth said during a Pentagon press briefing….
The Pentagon’s $200 billion request to cover the costs of the Iran war will reimburse what the Defense Department has already spent and what is ahead, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday as a third week of strikes drew to a close.
That includes replenishing munitions, which have been expended by the thousands since strikes began Feb. 28.
“Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” Hegseth said during a Pentagon press briefing. “So we’re going back to Congress and our folks there to ensure that we’re properly funded for what’s been done, for what we may have to do in the future, ensure that our ammunition is—everything’s refilled.”
Among the weapons that need replacing are 5,000-pound penetrator bombs dropped on underground facilities that housed Iranian cruise missiles, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during his remarks.
There have also been “precision strikes against more than 90 targets on Kharg Island, which included all of their military-only infrastructure, which included air defenses, naval base, mine storage and deployment facilities,” Caine said.
Hegseth began his fifth briefing of the war with a different tone: for the first time, he led by mentioning U.S. troops killed in action….
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“The world, the Middle East, our ungrateful allies in Europe, even segments of our own press, should be saying one thing to President Trump: ‘Thank you,” the defense secretary said.
Asked how the U.S. intended to fully denuclearize Iran without a protracted conflict, Hegseth dodged, reiterating talking points about a “conventional umbrella” of non-nuclear weapons meant to defend Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, as well as delays in the negotiating of a new nuclear deal.
When asked whether Israel’s targeting of Iranian oil facilities was counter to U.S. objectives to focus on military targets, the secretary dodged again….
image….Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine arrive for a news conference at the Pentagon on March 19, 2026. Mandel Ngan / AFP VIA GETTY
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