<![CDATA[#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.]]> Secy Pete is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the admin launched the against , which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.

The chief financial official for the told lawmakers that the estimated cost to taxpayers of the is $25 billion so far.


https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-hegseth-congress-trump-updates-04-29-2026

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d5cf41a0-d3bb-4436-8793-172919672154/defense-secy-pete-hegseth-is-facing-questioning-from-lawmakers-for-the-first-time-since-the-trump-admin-launched-the-war-against-iran-which-democrats-have-contested-as-a-costly-conflict-of-choice-waged-without-congressional-approval.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 17:17:16 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:28:29 GMT]]>@woodenmachines

Would it really matter?

@Nonilex

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116488936485151574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116488936485151574Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:28:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:02:01 GMT]]>@Nonilex OK, but the problem with the Iran war isn't that it's costly or unapproved, it's that it's an atrocity by choice, conducted in every illegal way there is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116488832385292888https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116488832385292888Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:57:27 GMT]]>@FinchHaven @Nonilex Not always. Sometimes Obama gets blamed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RIJim/statuses/116488814420257045https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RIJim/statuses/116488814420257045Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:57:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:54:52 GMT]]>@Nonilex not under oath?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115501125292371729/statuses/116488804287620461https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115501125292371729/statuses/116488804287620461Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:54:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:45:00 GMT]]>@alexlac51 @Nonilex the number I heard was 1 1/4 trillion dollars.
But we don’t have the money to help citizens. After all the war machine corporations can’t be expected to survive on a pittance of billions.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/CatDragon/statuses/116488765475452544https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/CatDragon/statuses/116488765475452544Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:45:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:44:51 GMT]]>@Nonilex

, testifying:

Oh! Look!

"Rep. Smith: A year ago, you said that Ukraine had no cards to play. Clearly, that was wrong. What did you miss?

Hegseth: We didn’t miss. Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine."

"hundreds of billions of dollars"

Again

Funny how it always comes down to Joe Biden

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/FinchHaven/statuses/116488764875405819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/FinchHaven/statuses/116488764875405819Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:35:10 GMT]]>During the hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Jules Hurst III, the acting undersecretary of for finances, said that most of the expense has been on munitions, but the military has also spent money on running the operations & equipment replacement.
“We will formulate a supplemental through the White House that will come to once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict,” Hurst added.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116488726777691315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116488726777691315Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:35:10 GMT