Hegseth Grilled on Iran War Costs, Peace Talks Stalled

0:00On April 29th, War Secretary Pete Hegseth just faced Congress for the first time since President Trump kicked off the war with Iran back in 20, 26. The House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday 29th April centers on the administration's massive $1.5 trillion. Military budget proposal for 2027. Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Cain are pushing hard for more drones, missile defenses, and warships to keep America dominant. Democrats aren't letting the Iran-war slide, hammering Hegseth on its skyrocketing costs, the huge drain on U.S. munitions and incidents like the. School bombing that killed kids plus drone swarms that slipped through defenses and hit our troops. Republicans, though, are backing Trump's wartime moves, with committee chair Mike Rogers praising the budget as key to real deterrence and modernizing. Our arsenal across air, sea, land, and space. Times ran high right from the start, with a packed room and protesters chanting outside,

1:01even yelling at Hegseth in the hallway. He fire back at lawmakers, calling out Democrats and some Republicans for their reckless talk that undermines the military. Top Democrat Adam Smith, shot down claims of a realistic strategy, demanding clear goals for the conflict and pointing to his brutal price tag. General Cain opened by invoking World War II hero George Marshall, vowing to give straight facts to leaders no matter what they want to hear. Meanwhile, peace tops with Iran are stuck, as Trump blasted them on true social, warning they better wise up on a non-nuclear deal soon. With the war in ceasefire but a U.S. blockade still squeezing Iran's oil economy, this hearing signals more clashes ahead on how we fund and fight in. A multi-fronted world eyes, they glued to Capitol Hill for the next bars in this beat. National News, powered by AI. This is U.S. News Today, I'm Cory with the story.