Hegseth on seeking $200 billion for Iran war: "That number could move"

 https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/200-billion-iran-war-hegseth-penntagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the Pentagon would ask Congress for more money to wage war in Iran, though he said the reported $200 billion figure "could move."

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) called the $200 billion figure "a little tall" in a Fox Business interview. "They do need to come to … Capitol Hill and tell us what that money is going to be spent on. I think we give the Pentagon a trillion dollars a year, you would think that would be enough, but we're going to have to do something."

$200 billion is more than the annual defense spending of every country on Earth except the U.S. and China, and many times more than even some of the world's largest militaries spend.