{"id":54820,"date":"2026-04-30T04:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/hegseth-spars-with-lawmakers-as-iran-wars-price-tag-hits-25-billion-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:06:48","slug":"hegseth-spars-with-lawmakers-as-iran-wars-price-tag-hits-25-billion-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/hegseth-spars-with-lawmakers-as-iran-wars-price-tag-hits-25-billion-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth spars with lawmakers as Iran war\u2019s price tag hits $25 billion &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNczQ3SGRGUFQtRXdyTklVa2NPUmJxX0lXQmtydHBmcEE2dzVVb2VMV3JuYVJMVW9PZzNmM0toNjVGS19ENUNaMUFyM1FHeGxBb3NWMldlWTN3ZUN2V2JVOGdZakc1Yy1xWEVyamxqU1NlSWl5T3BsWlMybVJjY0VwdDVPUzFSWURoakdDbWNIMHE1aG15TzJ3bmxB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth spars with lawmakers as Iran war\u2019s price tag hits $25 billion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNcXJYVk8xRHZiLWtKYXpYMEFzTXREOUs5OUs3TWl1WUhGTUpMQzgxRTZYUF9sSGFqa0FmNmJOYTdLNEo2RmkweW1rRndMc2JPbXNVLXJiTDh2Q3Q0QzUyTzhSWGhqWk5nOWdmYUlyQnFvS2M2UGQyV1B1SkV0azVIcTB3VWJvaHFzZ2hmV2xLOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Takeaways From Hegseth\u2019s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxQTFVvLTN3UVZFNWZNVmplMXZXZzNvWkhiUG1xcDJWeElyOUhnTXcyUmpla0h2Wl9YN083cXpSNWJRSldOYVFoS1p0YjR3aENEcEU4cE53Q3BqTE9YQThvNG9MUVpUcm83Z2NyM3VOckEwbk5FVFBoOUd1VlQ0WWRMaGpqU0ZqSHVpYzY2VmJwaFJqUE9MY1hFaXhYYkdHZ0hNbnVxV05MV1pqLWhLc2M4YjlhNHF0bTM4ajdhYnk3UDVaRElwUS1ubVppaVlESFV3Qmpvbkplaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to face questions from Senate Armed Services Committee<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQV1NkdXUxNk4yZHBaNWd2akw5bkhQakdFVzFrdnFhREJXX0tOalBpcHBVUXlyLVJjNHprUXJkNkZESG11U0tqczZSczFmOWVSYTdaclBNTGVGWC0teV9RTl9IdVVmeHdEQ3BzWUROQ3lkajdfM21HcjRGR1ZlSlhsYTRBTXhIT2tKRDFwTNIBkgFBVV95cUxPMjltaC15TTNzU2IteTR6NWx3Zk9KVDJ1RmxVa1lTOC1fcnh0S29FaVJZOWhmTGNmVUozM01fWWhUYnhLMmRwNTZsd2RWbzFjSFBkaWMxVXVrNVBjbnU0cHpEMjJUOUJ0WWtlMWxYY2tJLWJ2MkNKUEFiN3FIbE00dkRWSjhJcGp5a2FSUllob2IzQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Six takeaways from Hegseth\u2019s first hearing since Iran war started<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOVEtNak5mMUd3MkdabmF1NEtxYW0tc2hKSGZDb2lDQkc2cGJGMlRfQW9RQ1dtb1NYcXhJRUxPVGpCR3VWbkFUZU1Eajlhd3Z0Y1pwYU5UalF0MXdZckktcjlDV1N2T3Fyb0IyMTYwY2ZhcUY1M1ZuX3VUOTRQS3BnSklLWk1tcmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon\u2019s $25 billion cost estimate for Iran war is low and does not include cost of rebuilding US bases, sources say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth spars with lawmakers as Iran war\u2019s price tag hits $25 billion&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Takeaways From Hegseth\u2019s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure&nbsp;&nbsp;The New&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/hegseth-spars-with-lawmakers-as-iran-wars-price-tag-hits-25-billion-the-washington-post\/\" 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-54820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54820","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=54820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}