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Pentagon faces Iran war funding squeeze
Key takeaways
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- America s military has growing budget problems because of the Iran war, and Congress is unlikely to help the situation anytime soon.
- Those were two key takeaways from Capitol Hill last week, as President Trump s trip to China provided some distraction but little help in finding a way out of his quandary in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Link copied by Jared Gans and Colin Meyn - 05/18/26 6:58 AM ET Link copied Close Thank you for signing up!
America s military has growing budget problems because of the Iran war, and Congress is unlikely to help the situation anytime soon.
Those were two key takeaways from Capitol Hill last week, as President Trump s trip to China provided some distraction but little help in finding a way out of his quandary in the Strait of Hormuz.
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