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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has now spent more than $47 billion waging the war in Iran, handing Donald Trump a damaging new spending figure just days before the midterms.
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Pentagon → sign → midterms
The number, drawn from Pentagon data obtained by Reuters, is more than 25 percent higher than the $37.5 billion estimate Hegseth gave lawmakers over the summer.
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Hegseth → draw → summer
The Defense Department has not made the estimate public.
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estimate → make → ?
It comes as Republicans face the real possibility of losing their majorities in both the House and the Senate in the November 3 election.
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Republicans → come → election
The GOP holds only a narrow edge in each chamber, and forecasters have Democrats favored to take the House.
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Democrats → hold → House
Voters in key battleground states have turned against the party amid rising costs and the deepening unpopularity of Trump’s war.
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Voters → turn → war
Soaring energy prices tied to the conflict have dragged down Republican candidates and battered the president’s approval ratings.
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prices → soar → ratings
Some GOP candidates in those swing states have already started breaking with Trump on Iran.
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candidates → start → Iran
Most of the new estimate covers the operational cost of fighting the war, from flight operations to cyber support.
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Most → cover → support
Replacing the munitions fired during the conflict is projected to cost more than $29 billion, according to the report.
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Replacing → replace → report
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has now spent more than $47 billion waging the war in Iran, handing Donald Trump a damaging new spending figure just days before the midterms
Replacing the munitions fired during the conflict is projected to cost more than $29 billion
The Defense Department has not made the estimate public.
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estimate → spend → billion
It comes as Republicans face the real possibility of losing their majorities in both the House and the Senate in the November 3 election
Moreover, replacing lost equipment and so-called ‘platform losses,’ including aircraft and a large number of drones, would cost more than $6 billion.
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replacing → come → billion
The figures do not clearly account for what is expected to be a massive bill to repair US bases hit by Iranian missiles and drones.
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what → account → missiles
Trump launched the war alongside Israel in February and predicted it would be over quickly.
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it → launch → February
His opening plan was to pound Iran’s defenses with costly, high-end precision missiles, then switch to cheaper and more plentiful weapons such as JDAM gravity bombs.
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plan → pound → bombs
The pause gave Iran time to dig out its underground storage sites and bring some of its defenses, missiles and drones back online.
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pause → give → defenses
Trump has since imposed a naval blockade on Iran to choke off its oil export revenue.
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Trump → impose → revenue
He has also floated restarting combat operations once the midterms are over.
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midterms → float → operations
US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Pentagon has been drawing up plans to resume heavy fighting if ordered to do so.
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Pentagon → speak → fighting
Replacing lost equipment and so-called ‘platform losses,’ including aircraft and a large number of drones, would cost more than $6 billion
The Trump administration has warned Gulf allies to brace for a short, ferocious military campaign against Iran as soon as the midterm elections are over.
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elections → replace → Iran
The message went to several Gulf Arab governments through diplomatic and military channels, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Journal → go → channels
American forces in the region are already gearing up, restocking munitions and readying bombers and fighter jets for strikes.
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forces → gear → strikes
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