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Fri · 06 Nov 2026

Senate Questions Hegseth on Iran War Funding as Campaign Enters Day 144

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Senate Questions Hegseth on Iran War Funding as Campaign Enters Day 144

🎖️ PENTAGON — Senators are asking about money. Nobody's named a cost ceiling yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Ten consecutive nights of strikes, two carrier groups, 10,000 personnel — with no publicly stated funding limit. Congressional scrutiny signals the Hill wants a price tag before Thursday's Trump address. Hegseth's answers will reveal whether the administration has a war budget or is operating on open-ended authority. Either answer reshapes the domestic political constraint on campaign duration.

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