{"id":4974,"date":"2026-05-12T13:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:31:53","slug":"watch-live-hegseth-is-facing-a-new-round-of-questioning-from-congress-on-the-iran-war-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4974","title":{"rendered":"Watch live: Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

By BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BILL BARROW<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration\u2019s end game for the Iran war, the conflict\u2019s costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.<\/p>

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For this part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from previous hearings on Capitol Hill in his opening remarks, which notably lacked criticism of lawmakers and outlined the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to expand the military\u2019s industrial base.<\/p>\n

The powerful House and Senate subcommittees that oversee defense spending are holding back-to-back hearings to review the Trump administration\u2019s\u00a02027 military budget proposal, which calls for a historic allocation of $1.5 trillion. The discussions in the House quickly veered into the handling of a war that\u00a0appears locked in a stalemate\u00a0as\u00a0higher fuel prices\u00a0pose political problems for Republicans in the midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n

Rosa DeLauro, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, told Hegseth that the \u201cquestion must be answered at the end of this crisis: What have we accomplished and at what cost?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration has not presented Congress with any kind of clear or coherent strategy week to week, day to day, hour to hour,\u201d DeLauro said. \u201cThe rationale shifts, the objectives change. The end game is ill defined when it is defined at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, the House subcommittee\u2019s chair, also asked about the impact of the Iran war on funding as well as the U.S. military\u2019s weapons stockpiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuestions persist about whether we are building the depth and reliance required for a high end conflict,\u201d Calvert said.<\/p>

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