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Fri · 18 Sep 2026

Pentagon Asks Congress for $80 Billion to Cover Iran War Costs

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Pentagon Asks Congress for $80 Billion to Cover Iran War Costs

💰 PENTAGON — Washington is billing Congress for a war it's simultaneously trying to end. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: An $80B request lands as hawks already hold the MOU text — giving spending opponents and deal-killers the same legislative moment. Congress can now block funding, attach conditions, or use appropriations to rewrite Geneva's terms. Tehran reads this as proof the US military track never stopped. The 60-day clock runs; the war's price tag runs with it.

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