Rieckhoff joined Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House for analysis as Hegseth was grilled by lawmakers — the same day the Pentagon publicly put the war’s price tag at $25 billion and JD Vance was reported to be privately questioning whether the Pentagon had understated the depletion of U.S. missile stockpiles.
MS NOW: Hegseth congressional hearing — Iran war cost $25B
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
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What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy w. What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy with journalism under attack
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Martha's advice to her younger self. and to the local reporter she shouted out from the stage
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Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back. Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back on the map
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The propaganda Pentagon press corps. no embeds, no access, 50,000 troops in the dark
