Briana Reilly
@briana_reilly
Defense reporter @PunchbowlNews | Forever Midwesterner | Signal: briana.27
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Breaking: Iran military operations have cost $43.6B as of Sept. 3, according to a new estimate Central Command provided to congressional defense committees this week.
That includes:
~11.2B for ops
~$28.1B to replace expended munitions
~$4.3B for replacing lost equipment
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Inbox: SFRC RM Shaheen and other Senate Dems are calling on Sec. Rubio to get the State Department "fully and meaningfully" involved in the Pentagon's six-month review of U.S. force posture in Europe.
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Budget res watch: Sen. Johnson told me the resolution that will get a procedural vote would “pretty much mimic” the House-passed version but include some Senate instructions.
He indicated the defense figure would stay at ~$60B, a topline many GOP defense hawks say is too low.
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