Hegseth defends Trump's Iran conflict funding request
Administration officials are urging lawmakers to back new spending largely aimed at financing the conflict with Iran, even as Hegseth publicly defended the funding request.
Hegseth defended former President Trump’s request for $67 billion to help fund operations related to the Iran conflict. Trump administration officials are working to persuade U.S. lawmakers to support the White House’s larger request for $88 billion in new spending, mostly to finance the Iran conflict.