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Jules Hurst Pete Hegseth Dan Caine
QiOSK

Expert: Iran war cost $72 billion over first two months

The Pentagon has badly undervalued the expense of the conflict, according to an independent estimate

US Capitol defense budget
QiOSK

White House requests $1.5 trillion defense budget

The proposal banks on Republicans’ risky reconciliation gambit

Despite ban, pernicious military 'earmarks' are back in the billions
Military Industrial Complex

Despite ban, pernicious military 'earmarks' are back in the billions

Lawmakers are using program increases to push for pet projects the DoD didn’t even ask for

Trump Iran war
QiOSK

The cost of Trump's Iran war: $5 billion and counting

The Pentagon will likely ask for $50B more in emergency funding

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Air wars, drones, and US bases left strangely unprotected

This week in The Bunker: more cracks in Golden Dome, gamifying war in Ukraine, and more

Trump $1.5 trillion
Military Industrial Complex

The reality of Trump’s cartoonish $1.5 trillion DOD budget proposal

This dramatic escalation in military spending is a recipe for more waste, fraud, and abuse