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Pentagon comptroller testified that incremental Iran-operation costs had risen to about $29 billion
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The May 13 Congressional Research Service report reproduced by USNI says Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules W. Hurst III testified that the estimate had risen to $29 billion as repair, replacement and operational estimates improved. The figure excluded still-unknown military-construction costs and remained an estimate, not a final audited total.
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- — U.S. Department of War hearing archive (Primary official hearing archive)
- — U.S. Naval Institute (Report reproducing Congressional Research Service material)
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Pentagon comptroller testified that incremental Iran-operation costs had risen to about $29 billion. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2026-05-12-pentagon-iran-cost-estimate/
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