Officials Call BS on Pentagon Pete’s Blatant Lies

The Pentagon shaved roughly half off the cost of the Iran war when telling Congress it was about $25 billion, while internal estimates put it closer to $50 billion.

On Wednesday, a senior Defense Department official said before the House Armed Services Committee that President Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East, now in its third month, had so far cost $25 billion. Most of the cost so far has gone toward munitions, operations and maintenance, and equipment replacement, said acting Under Secretary of Defense Jules Hurst.

Jules W. Hurst put a $25 billion figure on the Iran war so far. / Ken Cedeno / REUTERS

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