Cost of Iran war rises to $37.5 billion, Pentagon requests $67.1 billion more

Photo: General John Daniel Caine and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listen as President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, March 1, 2026. Photo credit: White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Patricia Kime. Defense News – July 21, 2026.

The Iran war has cost the Defense Department $37.5 billion to date, Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators Tuesday during a hearing to request emergency funding for the ongoing conflict. Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Caine testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee to seek $67.1 billion in supplemental money for the war and other DoD expenses, such as munitions, drones and the Army and National Guard deployments to the southern U.S. border and Washington, D.C. […]

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