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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke in a tense hearing in which Democrats pressed him over the war and questioned what it has accomplished.

 

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Hegseth dismissed questions from Democrats on the increased domestic costs of gas and food as a result of the war as “gotcha” questions. “What would you pay to ensure that Iran doesn’t get a nuclear bomb?” Hegseth said.
John Ismay
John Ismay
In response to a question from Representative Salud Carbajal, Democrat of California, regarding how much more money Hegseth intends to spend on the Iran war, Hegseth deflected: “What is it worth to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon?”
John Ismay
John Ismay
In a pointed exchange, Representative Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts and a former Marine infantry officer who saw combat in Iraq, askedHegseth if he had advised President Trump to launch the Iran war. Hegseth refused to answer directly.
Helene Cooper
Helene Cooper
Hegseth and Representative John Garamendi, Democrat of California, slung barbs at each other. After Garamendi accused Hegseth of lying to Americans about the Iran war, Hegseth stormed back that “I know the American people support that mission, despite your loose talk.”
John Ismay
John Ismay
Garamendi said that President Trump and Hegseth had offered an ever-changing rationale for going to war. “You have been lying to the American people since Day One” of the war, Garamendi told Hegseth, accusing him of “incompetence.”
Robert Jimison
Robert Jimison
“You’re missing the point,” Hegseth told Representative Adam Smith, who had been asking Hegseth why the United States attacked Iran in February if the operation last summer had successfully “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, as President Trump claimed.
Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
The Pentagon comptroller, Jay Hurst, said the Iran war had so far cost $25 billion, mostly because of the tens of thousands of bombs and missiles used. This is the first time the Defense Department has publicly provided a cost estimate for the war so far.
John Ismay
John Ismay
Hegseth sharply criticized defense companies for not making more than a dozen different munitions fast enough, rather than acknowledging that under his direction, the war on Iran has consumed record numbers of those munitions.

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Kevin Warsh took an important step toward becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve. The central bank announces its latest rate decision later today.

 

Two months after the U.S. began a war meant to prevent Iran from ever building an atomic bomb, the fate of its stockpile of enriched uranium remains a mystery.

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