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Hegseth, Caine and Rollins to Testify on $80 Billion Iran Funding Request
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The hearing focuses on an $80 billion supplemental request that allocates $67 billion to the conflict with Iran.
Jul 20, 7:14 PM·1m read2 sources
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m. Eastern Tuesday in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, with $67 billion designated for the conflict with Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are scheduled to appear. The hearing comes three days after two service members died in an attack in Jordan and a third was killed while detonating an Iranian drone.
U.S. forces have conducted attacks on Iran for the past 10 days. The Pentagon confirmed that nearly 100 American troops have been injured in the conflict. Most of the wounds were minor, and 96 percent of those injured have returned to duty.
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