{"id":55716,"date":"2026-04-30T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/iran-wars-true-cost-closer-to-50-billion-not-25-billion-u-s-officials-say-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:41:00","slug":"iran-wars-true-cost-closer-to-50-billion-not-25-billion-u-s-officials-say-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/iran-wars-true-cost-closer-to-50-billion-not-25-billion-u-s-officials-say-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war&#8217;s true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE85OE1pMTYwUVlJZ2MybGtXdEs2cHVZdUZiM2F4UUx2M0FxdDc0OTNxLTVDT2xMYnc3bjVFcDJlaTFsM1FUWUNRTUE3TzJDd1Q3aEM4LWdkX0pNVzBRanN5dXYwcmxxNzczalM4ZS1FT1hqR3d0NFQ4MFNqRDJuQTTSAYQBQVVfeXFMTzJVc1luWGJZUXNPRHVBbno2Q1RVYk5VVGdZcVlJS0o2LXRIclZSX1hBSDdUM2VLUkwtMW1jTHBHTmdNODF4c2V4SnJTS3JqSF96OUZtNjZzSUhya0pyZWZVUXRhdC1jd0NldGliekVJNERPVEJIdnZFOXRZV1l3d2daU1pu?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran war&#8217;s true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPTFRlTkRMSkNYTkNmU0tvX1NNOWlkcnQ5QzZiQTBvTGMxeFM3UUFUSml6Rjc1TXBkbDJ5LTZhQVVTUUVZeHhvTURFMFlncWExdUcya3E1SXFwdmhEekpCNThHNDZaZk12ZVJtVUlNZlctVUNLRE9EZTRHajBmMjd6Q0IwRmdmMDRDRnB0Tg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Takeaways From Hegseth\u2019s Second Day of Testimony on the Iran War<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOVEtNak5mMUd3MkdabmF1NEtxYW0tc2hKSGZDb2lDQkc2cGJGMlRfQW9RQ1dtb1NYcXhJRUxPVGpCR3VWbkFUZU1Eajlhd3Z0Y1pwYU5UalF0MXdZckktcjlDV1N2T3Fyb0IyMTYwY2ZhcUY1M1ZuX3VUOTRQS3BnSklLWk1tcmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Repairing damaged US military bases will add billions to Iran war cost, sources say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOV2pNdFVGVjg5YUt5Zk05YU9yU2Fhdzc4R3d4YS03TGZleU9vUTBad2tBLWtkcGk1d0FwX05nbUVQSEFudGFZRUpzejlrOU5iUThPRHJLSjMtTldndUhVN2JucDJTalJGYnpDYXhGSHFBQ3k5emIxemRibkhNYVFVbUYzckZJX3F5dUJYWG1HbHpGZTVfTmlxcDdYM1huOHNEck9QdEo1RUJ0Y21UUFlaaENR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth\u2019s contentious hearing in Congress reveals partisan divide over Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOY3JkNU1DMEZtZGdkeU93blZTNDViWVRzay1TeUFZSVhRNWMwMzdxS19wWTR4VURRVnBaeXdFbGlhcHZKS3E3VHpvR3k4MGhaM1FJdnpkaXpVUmhrVDlTbmVKS0dTQTgtMFdaS1J2a3ZWUjJxTVJ0b3IxVTJqNmN5S1g2VC00TXFINkZtY18tZmgzaEdDcjZSOUJ3QlRJV24zY2o0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth looked bad in the House. He looks even worse in the Senate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war&#8217;s true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News Takeaways From Hegseth\u2019s Second Day of Testimony on the Iran&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/iran-wars-true-cost-closer-to-50-billion-not-25-billion-u-s-officials-say-cbs-news\/\" 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-55716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55716","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=55716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}