Hegseth Fails to Win Senate Converts for Iran War Funding
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- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to win any notable converts in the Trump administration's push for tens of billions of dollars in supplemental Iran war funding
- The Iran war has rapidly exhausted U.S. military stockpiles and Pentagon coffers, creating urgent pressure for the funding injection
- Republican senators are losing confidence in Hegseth's leadership of the U.S. military, further complicating his effort to sell the spending request on Capitol Hill
- Trump separately told reporters 'I'm not looking to kill people' about Iran deal negotiations — a diplomatic signal running parallel to the funding fight, per a sidebar item on The Hill's front page
Why it matters: Hegseth's request — tens of billions for a war that has already drained U.S. stockpiles and Pentagon coffers — is going nowhere with even Republican senators losing confidence in his leadership, leaving the administration with a real resource shortfall and a credibility problem at the Pentagon just as combat operations continue.
