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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for more spending for Iran – despite saying America is not at war

House Speaker Mike Johnson has called for a supplemental spending bill amid President Donald Trump’s escalating war with Iran – despite the fact the speaker has said that the United States is not at war.

“The presumption is we would need a supplemental because we’ve used quite a bit of munitions and we’ve got to replenish the stock,” he told The Independent. “It makes logical sense, I think, to everybody.”

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