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        "id": 1875723,
        "msgid": "us-defence-secretary-requests-additional-funding-for-iran-war-1784764329",
        "date": "2026-07-23 06:30:34",
        "title": "US Defence Secretary Requests Additional Funding for Iran War",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has requested urgent additional funding for the war against Iran during a Senate hearing, citing critical shortfalls. The request comes as a recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll indicates 68 per cent of Americans believe the conflict is not worth fighting, with public opposition growing.",
        "content": "<p>Washington - US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has requested more\nfunding for the American war against Iran during a Senate hearing, at a\ntime when a recent opinion poll shows a majority of Americans believe\nthe war is not worth fighting. Additional funding for the war with Iran\nis \u201curgent and necessary,\u201d Hegseth stated in his address to the Senate\nAppropriations Committee on Tuesday. \u201cWithout these funds, we face a\ncritical shortfall,\u201d Hegseth said, with his opening statement\ninterrupted several times by protesters, some of whom held signs reading\n\u201cNo War on Iran.\u201d During the hearing, Hegseth said the US war against\nIran has cost 37.5 billion US dollars so far, up from an estimated 29\nbillion US dollars in May. Hegseth\u2019s remarks came as Republican\nlawmakers seek congressional approval for President Donald Trump\u2019s\nproposed 1.5 trillion US dollar defence budget, even as a growing number\nof polls show increasing public opposition to the war against Iran. A\nrecent Washington Post-Ipsos poll showed that 68 per cent of Americans\nbelieve the war is \u201cnot worth fighting.\u201d The Washington Post reported\nthat the assessment of the Iran war is worse than any Post-ABC News poll\nduring the long Iraq War and is on par with the rating for the\nAfghanistan war in a July 2013 poll, when 67 per cent of respondents\nsaid that conflict was not worth fighting. A Quinnipiac University poll\nreleased in June showed that 45 per cent of voters believe the US is in\na weaker position in the world as a result of the American war against\nIran.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/us-defence-secretary-requests-additional-funding-for-iran-war-1784764329",
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