WashingtonCentral Command told Congress the war has cost $43.6 billion.
Excluded costs like base repairs will still hit future defense budgets Congress has yet to vote on.
The tally omits damage to bases like Bahrain’s naval hub, so lawmakers see only part of the price before they must fund it.
Congress faces a Massie-led impeachment push over Iran operations it never separately approved.
How each outlet framed it
- Aol
- highlights munitions shortage in Indo-Pacific as strategic cost of $43.6B Iran war expenditure
Sources: Aol