Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Costs

The Pentagon has told Congress that it needs $80 billion to pay for the Iran war and other non-war-related costs, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The Pentagon had previously claimed that the war cost $29 billion as of mid-May, a number that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, as an analysis from Stephen Semler of […]

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Author: Dave DeCamp