Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s $200 billion funding request, which was sent to the White House for the ongoing war against Iran, saying it “takes money to kill bad guys.” “I think that number could move. Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” Hegseth told reporters during a Thursday morning briefing at…
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Hegseth on $200B Iran war funding request: ‘It takes money to kill bad guys’
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Originally reported by The Hill
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