The military campaign has already cost the US $37.5 billion, the Pentagon chief said
Democrats have grilled US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran war during his testimony before the Senate as the White House requested additional funding for operations in the Middle East.
The US and Iran resumed regular exchanges of strikes earlier this month, with both sides saying the truce had effectively collapsed.
Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the campaign against Iran launched by President Donald Trump together with Israel on February 28 has so far cost an estimated $37.5 billion.
He said he was seeking $87…
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