{"id":64813,"date":"2026-05-12T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/hegseth-faces-bipartisan-scrutiny-over-mounting-iran-war-costs-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:32:52","slug":"hegseth-faces-bipartisan-scrutiny-over-mounting-iran-war-costs-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/hegseth-faces-bipartisan-scrutiny-over-mounting-iran-war-costs-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth faces bipartisan scrutiny over mounting Iran war costs &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPekNrRkswU1ZWSW5wdlRnWTJYdk9UNld3Z215d1pRUFcyWXZqX1ctZlZMZ0loRmVtRlpSaFNqWW9XTG1aWkFrRW5DdkZPOFJqR3FZYW9CR3FQT0I1MGJpX1gxNkZtVk92NEZqU3U3Um9XUkQtblBCM0tqRklma3c4QjhPVHRfeWpPWmZ6T1VxNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth faces bipartisan scrutiny over mounting Iran war costs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE9OdG1lQ1AycDNQclhxQTU2clVNMlRJa0JjVUJxdW1ja000c0pnWkhRTWs0UHItU1RxOFdrNHlsajdPb0VmSnQ5MmViRjdPQXJvVTdpRXNxdW1Oakg1SEhSWXNwVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Live Updates: Hegseth Testifies on Pentagon Budget<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH LIVE: Hegseth, Caine testify on Capitol Hill as Trump says Iran ceasefire is weak<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPZi1FTE1xeDRySFFMLWY2Zy1HRExXcnFDMVcyRWh3WmRieHVRanpuWkJLUEJCUEh5RmhyVWVlclp5RWstMnZWdEdNSFo5YmtSWTFJYXdOdGU5OFpBNmpyR1pWRW9jLVNGQlh1Q2tOaV91di1aQmdDNzE0SzlqUEhYS19wU2c5UDhvUlFCSXFKRzc2LURqd3VOTVJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth faces bipartisan grilling about weapons drawdown during the Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPQl8zS3NHOTYtSUNrU1BhXzl1eFRhdEt5Mnh0UTN1c2p5a0otV0pReEtldzRHSERwS1laX2l4UU5ocDJKQUFSTHg1REd0Y05VYWoxMWF1RFRkVjRWdlNHNVA1Y2NVRkRzRE1VTHk2b01kUzNnZWJPN2lWQ2h0VW5TMThWZFFlV1hPWHfSAY8BQVVfeXFMT1FvTlZySW9zMVFCUWEwMGY3RTlENnVQY0dmaUZwUGkxS2I4VzNaWkxYeXZKdmdab3BlRVhLcVdpelJiVkJMTDJNOE5rczZMakJnLTVEdnp5U0NHMVg0SXdmVVBfdWhPaDBRbEx1Zk44ZkZodHNoY2ZMeDV3bDZyRUo3MDNvcjFESkRtMXo3TDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine testify on Hill; Inflation spikes amid Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth faces bipartisan scrutiny over mounting Iran war costs&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Trump Live Updates: Hegseth Testifies on Pentagon Budget&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times WATCH LIVE: Hegseth,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/hegseth-faces-bipartisan-scrutiny-over-mounting-iran-war-costs-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-64813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64813","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=64813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}