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Senate Democrats ask congressional scorekeeper for ‘true costs’ of Iran war

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Svetlana Shkolnikova

Stars and Stripes • May 29, 2026

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U.S. Air Force airmen prepare to load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury, April 18, 2026. (Travis Knauss/U.S. Air Force)

Senate Democrats are asking the Congressional Budget Office to account for “significant divergence” between the Pentagon’s cost estimate for the Iran war and independent reports as the nonpartisan agency calculates the conflict’s price tag.

The lawmakers said they are concerned the Trump administration has not been “fully truthful or transparent” in its public accounting of the war’s expenses.

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