"The biggest challenge, the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Republicans."
"We had to start this war, you just said 60 days ago, because the nuclear weapon was an imminent threat. Now you're saying that it was completely obliterated?"
"Iran had not given up their nuclear ambitions."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before Congress to address the ongoing war in Iran, which has cost $25 billion without congressional approval. The hearing focused on the 2027 military budget proposal, which aims to increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion. While Republicans supported the operation, Democrats raised concerns about the war's costs, the depletion of U.S. munitions, and civilian casualties. Hegseth dismissed criticisms as political, asserting that Iran still poses a nuclear threat despite previous claims of its nuclear facilities being destroyed.
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