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MS NOW: Hegseth congressional hearing — Iran war cost $25B

The Brief

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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.

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