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Congress Will Soon Decide Whether to Approve Yet More $ for Iran War
Pentagon officials told lawmakers earlier this week that the first six days of the {Iran war alone} cost the US more than $11.3 billion, according to The New York Times.
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Most Republicans are likely to line up behind the administration’s request, but Democrats are wary of devoting more money to an unpopular war effort that hasn’t been approved by Congress.
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Most Republicans are likely to line up behind the administration’s request, but Democrats are wary of devoting more money to an unpopular war effort that hasn’t been approved by Congress.
Wary.
More at https://www.semafor.com/article/03/12/2026/debatable-iran-war-funding
Re- the Pentagon's struggles to figure out how to spend the money, the strain on the US economy, etc., see https://fortune.com/2026/02/23/us-debt-trump-plan-pentagon-budget-interest-costs-great-power-status/ .
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I’m sure this will help:
