US Secretary of Defense Pete Hagseth will testify again in Congress after a lapse of more than two months to defend the Trump administration's request for additional billions of dollars in funding for the Iran war and respond to growing public questions about this conflict. Hegeses is scheduled to attend the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon. The focus of this hearing will be President Trump's request for additional funding of $87.6 billion, but he will almost certainly face issues related to the breakdown of the cease-fire, the death of three soldiers over the weekend, and signs that the US is escalating the war.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hagseth will testify again in Congress after a lapse of more than two months to defend the Trump administration's request for additional billions of dollars in funding for the Iran war and respond to growing public questions about this conflict. Hegeses is scheduled to attend the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon. The focus of this hearing will be President Trump's request for additional funding of $87.6 billion, but he will almost certainly face issues related to the breakdown of the cease-fire, the death of three soldiers over the weekend, and signs that the US is escalating the war.