国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周四表示，五角大楼将要求国会为伊朗战争提供更多资金，称他希望确保当前和未来的费用得到“超出”支付
一名高级政府官员证实，五角大楼周三向白宫提交了2000亿美元的请求。这华盛顿邮报首先报道的请求。
多名议员表示，截至周四上午，白宫尚未向国会提交请求。议员们在唐纳德·特朗普总统决定攻击伊朗的问题上仍然存在严重分歧。
冲突始于2月28日在核计划和弹道导弹计划的谈判失败后美国和以色列发动了联合打击。在第三周，美国表示已经摧毁了7800多个军事目标，120艘伊朗船只和11艘潜艇。
五角大楼官员在本月早些时候的闭门简报中告诉一群参议员，伊朗战争在头六天至少花费了113亿美元。
当被问及2000亿美元的请求时，赫格塞斯没有确认总数，只是说这个数字“可能会移动”
“至于2000亿美元，我认为这个数字可以移动。很明显，杀死坏人需要钱，”海格塞斯在周四上午的新闻发布会上说。因此，我们将回到国会和我们的乡亲那里，以确保我们已经做的事情，为我们将来可能要做的事情提供适当的资金，确保我们的弹药——所有的东西都装满了，不仅仅是装满了，而是超越自我。"
战时补充用于确保军队随时准备处理其他潜在的冲突，并补充用于正在进行的任务的库存。
周四被问及2000亿美元的请求时，特朗普表示，“我们要求的理由甚至超出了我们在伊朗谈论的内容。”
“那么我们是在很好形状，但我们想成为在最好的形状。这是我们有史以来最好的状态，”特朗普说。
他补充说，2000亿美元的要求是“为确保我们保持最佳状态而付出的小小代价。”
据知情人士透露，众议院领导层尚未收到特朗普政府的正式国防补充请求。
被问及金额时，议长迈克·约翰逊说，国会承诺“为国防提供充足的资金”
“我肯定这不是一个随机的数字，所以我们会看看，”约翰逊周四早上说。“但显然这是世界上的一个危险时期，我们必须为国防提供充足的资金，我们有义务这样做。”
截至周三晚上，包括拨款委员会主席苏珊·科林斯在内的几名参议院拨款人表示，他们尚未看到这一请求。
参议院民主党领袖帕蒂·默里参议员拨款委员会，她说她还没有看到拨款申请，需要提供细节。
民主党人几乎肯定会要求举行公开听证会，然后才会考虑投票支持补充资金，即使这样，也很难说服足够多的民主党人支持为战争注入大量现金。
“我们还没有看到这一请求，我要告诉你们，本届政府需要明确告诉国会他们在做什么，以及这将需要多长时间。这里没有目标，我们不会给他们开空白支票，”默里说。
共和党参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基据她所知，五角大楼还没有向国会提出请求。
“我们所拥有的是我们听到白宫向五角大楼提供的一个数字。据我所知，它还没有在国会提交给我们。所以它不仅需要呈现，数量，而且背后的基本原理，”穆尔科斯基说。
她说，在对补充条款进行表决之前，应该举行公开听证会。
“全世界都感受到了这场战争的影响。因此，国会在这方面有一个角色，政府将不得不带领我们通过它是否是2000亿美元或补充将是一些其他迭代，”穆尔科斯基说。
虽然许多参议员对这项尚未提交国会的请求持谨慎态度，但共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆(Lindsey Graham)表示，他已经同意了，他说“我不想成为拒绝这项请求的参议员。”
“让伊朗像以前那样前进的代价要高得多。你知道，没有人问‘赢得二战的代价是什么?’你必须赢。因此，我对这里的价码的看法，我最关心的价码是让伊朗回到游戏中来，做他们自1979年以来一直在做的事情。我们所花的钱，因为没有对抗这个政权而失去的生命，代价太大了。所以无论付出什么代价，都是值得的。"
迄今为止，用于资助在伊朗行动的资金来自国会已经分配给五角大楼的资金。国会尚未批准对伊朗战争的任何额外拨款。
这笔资金请求还表明了一场更长期战争的计划——此前特朗普曾表示这场战争将持续下去四至五周。总统也不理会那个时间表，说“不惜一切代价”。
Pentagon seeking $200B more for Iran war, official says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Pentagon will be asking Congress for more money to cover the Iran war, saying he wants to ensure current and future costs are covered "above and beyond."
A senior administration official confirmed that a $200 billion request was sent from the Pentagon to the White House on Wednesday. TheWashington Post first reportedthe request.
Multiple lawmakers said the White House has not yet submitted the request to Congress as of Thursday morning. Lawmakers remain deeply divided on President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran.
The conflict began Feb. 28after negotiations on its nuclear and ballistic missile program failed, andthe U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes. In its third week, the U.S. says it’s destroyed more than 7,800 military targets, 120 Iranian ships and 11 submarines.
Pentagon officials told a group of senators in a closed-door briefing earlier this month that the war in Iran cost at least $11.3 billion in its first six days.
When asked about the $200 billion request, Hegseth didn't confirm the total, saying that the number "could move."
"As far as $200 billion,I think that number could move.Obviously it takes, it takes money to kill bad guys," Hegseth said in a news conference Thursday morning. "So we're going back to Congress and our folks there to ensure that we're properly funded for what's been done, for what we may have to do in the future, ensure that our ammunition is -- everything's refilled, and not just refilled, butabove and beyond."
Wartime supplementals are used to ensure the military remains ready to handle other potential conflicts and to replenish stockpiles spent on the ongoing mission.
Asked about the $200 billion request on Thursday, Trump said "we're asking for a lot of reasons beyond even what we're talking about in Iran."
"Sowe'reinvery goodshape, but we want to beinthe best shape.The best shape we've ever been in," Trump said.
He added that $200 billion request is "a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top."
House leadership has not received a formal defense supplemental request from the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Asked about the amount, Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress has a commitment to "adequately fund defense."
"I'm sure it's not a random number, so we'll look at that," Johnson said Thursday morning. "But obviously it's a dangerous time in the world, and we have to adequately fund defense, and we have a commitment to do that."
As of Wednesday night, several Senate appropriators, including Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, said they had not yet seen the request.
Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the SenateAppropriations committee, said she had not seen the funding request, and would need details to be provided.
Democrats will almost certainly require public hearings before they even consider voting in favor of the supplemental and even then, it would likely be difficult to convince enough of them to support a massive infusion of cash for the war.
"We have not seen that request, and I will tell you that this administration needs to tell Congress definitely what they're doing and how long this is going to take. There is no goal here, and we're not going to write them a blank check,” Murray said.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is on theDefense Appropriations Subcommittee, told reporters on Thursday morning that to her knowledge the Pentagon has not made a request to Congress.
"What we have is a number that we have heard the White House presented to the Pentagon. So far as I know it has not been presented to us in Congress. So it needs to not only be presented, the amount, but also the rationale behind it," Murkowski said.
She said there ought to be open hearings before a supplemental is voted on.
"The world is feeling the impact of this war. So Congress has a role here and the administration is going to have to walk us through whether it's $200 billion or some other iteration the supplemental will be," Murkowski said.
While many senators were cautious about the request that has yet to reach Congress, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he is already on board, saying “I'd hate to be the senator that denied the request."
"The price of letting Iran move forward in the way they were is far more costly. You know, nobody asked, 'What did it cost to win World War II?' You just had to win. So my view about the price tag here, the price tag I'm most concerned about is letting Iran get back in the game to do what they've been doing since 1979," Graham said. "The money we spent, the lives that have been lost by not confronting this regime has been way too costly. So whatever it costs to finish this, is worth it."
The money that has so far been spent to fund operations in Iran comes out of Pentagon funds already allocated by Congress. Congress has not yet approved any additional funding for the war with Iran.
The funding request also indicates plans for a longer war -- after Trump has previously said the war would lastfour to five weeks. The president has also brushed off that timeline, saying "whatever it takes."
