[News] The Iran War Was Sold as Short. It Is Now Widening and Unaffordable

The Pentagon has told the Senate the war has cost $37.5 billion and needs $67 billion more, even as Houthi forces choke a second oil route and the fighting enters a fifth month with no authorization and no end in sight.

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