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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

‘It takes money to kill bad guys’: Senate skeptical of Trump and Hegseth’s $200B Iran war funding request

Republican Senate leader John Thune didn’t appear particularly confident on Thursday as he was asked about the Senate’s ability to pass Donald Trump’s reported $200 billion supplemental funding request for the war in Iran.

Thune told CNN that the reported amount, which Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Thursday morning was not a final number, would be reviewed by Congress but gave no prediction whether it could pass the Senate, where Republicans have a 53-vote majority.

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