{"id":54266,"date":"2026-04-29T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/29\/pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-cost-to-us-hits-estimated-25bn-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:01:00","slug":"pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-cost-to-us-hits-estimated-25bn-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/29\/pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-cost-to-us-hits-estimated-25bn-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth denies Iran war is a \u2018quagmire\u2019 as cost to US hits estimated $25bn &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNTWd3WF9sRFFPN0Y2Yk1oMy1GQjNNQ1dpNHJrWTZKSkItX2cxd19ZM05aOUJCZWdWWmdLTUFCbHJvaS15dUZyVEJMRS1wcXlQeXZRSmVpSVpBUlNyeUxSZGhueFVhTEN4cFU0ZEs1SXkwSk1mVXR2NkNHcENiU1hNb2xYNVZuR20tWjR0clh3TGYtLWRFanJzSVhVbExxSmREb0NnR0F3MjJjY3FTV2o4ZkFHZDJuRG1TbHhqT0RZUHM4TlNC?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth denies Iran war is a \u2018quagmire\u2019 as cost to US hits estimated $25bn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE5qZ0k5MWtuam9UV09fYlRlcW82QndYYTJRZE1LYURaeUpDQnhERkdISUk3ZEwtVTZKY2lEZllDTGY1OEJteDF2UW1EUXA0SUFpSUdmQ3NIT250QWtaZ0Jua1FUMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Live Updates: Hegseth and Caine Testify at Pentagon Budget Hearing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9pZzZwSlpoNklWUmxqUEJvRGlIRFhoNzJRQTdGMWdnVDczYWZwcUN5NlQ4VmE3MUJQSE9XWHU5UHVRZ2d4a1FCN0syMjdGcmJuUDJtamlBYWx3X2ZFck1weEVCSVFEZnh4SHdka3NzeHdIOS10NGFKMm1EUGNMalHSAYQBQVVfeXFMTllscExzMFg0REhwendfTE5Yb1ZBMU5wTk1ZWGJ4UHAwdm4yaVRtUGo4YU9ORmNSWHhMdDExdEVJelczYVRyNlNaT3hhOFBVNHozdVdyVEZoUmlEWVFVWng0S3M3djhvaFdEWDBpSUx3dVhMYlFHMTZoRzdBelpFdlRRSkw4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth, Caine testifying on Pentagon budget amid Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOUUlfTFk3cUtzV19Iem4taHVqZGRLLUpqS1h2S1lENHpMMGs0dV9oTEE4MmMtWi1aU1ZWVHZseFBOV0RRVWVJQWhvNHNQLTVGaEZHRkxqa1ZiVTJRS0t6UEdyZW1QTmVlUlpVWTFSNnRLMnY0c3dUc2JvY1Vmc3UySXVHUjRoM29xUXFrRC1iWGJpMkN1ckhhMENmdnowR3NMaVF1VVlMU2JsUjBzc25hT0l0NWNGcWpEbFZ3SVRZamYxTS1lYXVZ0gHMAUFVX3lxTE44ejZ0bTE3enkxVWRBZV9TNFg3Z2QwdEFfMG8zenNpbnZfNUFPamJvVWtXdDNGOGZhdWNsM056c1RkWi1pZUNvTEpkbERFbExOZFhQWWxudzBPaU54T3oxNTdJc1U4RUl3UWpFbkhfTU9JcmY2MUVqTDZfcFJpUi1UZ1A2M2JPSGJUblZVaGZla29KYzZXaEdxQ29GYzBHRUx3dHUtOEhRbGdraGFDT3hvdUZTeDQ0eXl2QWNfb2g1MEl2WWVVOWFVT0xFRw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH: Hegseth calls congressional Democrats, some Republicans &#8216;biggest adversary&#8217; in Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQYVJPc3hJb0tleEV4UFYxN01RRm03QU5CR1pKcWkwMzhzOXdKWkZReDB2NGwxRnl6R05aRnYwZlZnSXI5a3VUMEhSdUluNV9KMlRWZW1EWVJCR25Xa2E5T3NiZzhwNmJoSndNUlBJRjZmNjVGTXJBUERFTS1ST0IwOG5CSVhkVnBDcHpoQTBrMGloNTJ5dGRDQ3Z4UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth lost his cool in front of Congress. It was a dramatic unraveling<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth denies Iran war is a \u2018quagmire\u2019 as cost to US hits estimated $25bn&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Trump Live Updates: Hegseth and Caine Testify at Pentagon&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/29\/pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-cost-to-us-hits-estimated-25bn-the-guardian\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}