Pentagon Seeks $80 Billion for Iran War as Trump Pushes $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 23
Pentagon Seeks $80 Billion for Iran War as Trump Pushes $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 23
Summary
$80 billion is the Pentagon’s latest ask to Congress, with senators told the money would mostly cover costs from the U.S. war against Iran.
The request has not yet been formally sent by the White House budget office, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been lobbying Capitol Hill and a top deputy briefed senators last week.
Lawmakers are weighing the funding at a politically fraught moment, with skepticism over Trump’s interim Iran deal and concern about what comes next after the conflict.
The supplemental request would sit atop Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget — nearly 50% above current-year funding levels — intensifying the fight over military spending.