US Media: Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion Funding for War with Iran

BlockBeats News, March 19th, according to The Washington Post, senior U.S. officials said the Pentagon has requested the White House approve a congressional budget request of over $200 billion to fund a war with Iran.

The scale of this request far exceeds the cost of current government large-scale airstrike operations and is almost certain to face resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict. The request aims to urgently boost the production capacity of key weapons, which have seen significant depletion in the past three weeks. White House officials believe the Pentagon's request is unlikely to be approved by Congress. Sources familiar with the matter said that the Pentagon has proposed several funding schemes of varying scales in the past two weeks.

This effort is being led by Deputy Secretary of Defense Steven Feinberg, whose team has developed a series of funding proposals intended to quickly address the Pentagon's ammunition shortage issue. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, Republican Senator Tom Cotton, is also pushing for additional funding support for the intelligence community to be included in the final proposal.