WATCH LIVE: Hegseth, Caine, and Rollins testify before Senate committee
The article discusses upcoming testimonies before the Senate appropriations committee by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, General Dan Caine, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, concerning president Trump’s June request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with $67 billion allocated for the Pentagon’s operations related to Iran. The Pentagon has disputed claims that recent casualties in the Iran conflict have been underreported.The officials are expected to address questions about the conflict’s progress and recent U.S. military deaths resulting from weekend strikes in the Middle East. The article also highlights recent developments, including the naming of a North Carolina sergeant as the third U.S.soldier killed during Iran-related strikes and the postponement of a dignified transfer of U.S. troops wounded or killed in Iran. Additionally, readers are directed to related stories about live coverage of the hearings and recent military incidents involving Iran.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth; Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will testify before the Senate appropriations committee on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
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The three Trump administration officials will each field questions on President Donald Trump’s June supplemental funding request for $87.6 billion. Of that funding in the White House budget request, $67 billion would cover the Pentagon’s Iran war costs.
Hegseth’s, Caine’s, and Rollins’s testimony comes as the United States and Iran amp up their strikes in the wake of the ceasefire’s collapse. The officials, particularly Hegseth and Caine, will likely field questions about the trajectory of the conflict and the three, possibly four, U.S. service members who died in the Middle East as a result of the war over the weekend.
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