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Pentagon Seeks More Than $200 Billion in Budget Request for Iran War, Washington Post Reports
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March 19, 2026

An arial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Va., Oct 31, 2025. The Trump administration for months ignored Congress’s demand for a plan on how the Defense Department would spend the money that Republicans pushed through in their sweeping domestic policy bill.(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to the U.S. Congress to fund the war in Iran, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a senior administration official.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Christian Martinez)

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