Hegseth Before Congress: $25 Billion Spent, No End Date in Sight

Australia

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Alliés inquiets de la résolution américaine · 3 of 10 countries

Canberra tracks the Hegseth hearing as a gauge of American resolve — foundational to its own AUKUS commitments

Canada

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Ottawa notes Hegseth accused of lying — confirmation that the Iran war is fracturing American domestic consensus

China

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Rivaux qui exploitent la faiblesse · 2 of 10 countries

Beijing integrates the $25 billion Iran war cost into its pre-Xi-Trump meeting calculations

South Korea

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Acteurs péninsulaires et de dissuasion · 2 of 10 countries

Seoul parses Hegseth's North Korea 'lesson' reference with the sharpness of a country that lives under the threat

United States

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Washington finally puts a price on the Iran war — $25 billion spent, no end date, no exit strategy

France

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Paris reads the Hegseth hearing as evidence that the Iran war is politically destabilizing the Trump administration

Qatar

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Doha extracts the key strategic revelations from Hegseth's hearing: no definition of victory, no timeline

United Kingdom

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Alliés inquiets de la résolution américaine · 3 of 10 countries

London follows the Hegseth hearing knowing its own troops absorb Iranian attacks 28 times daily

Russia

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Rivaux qui exploitent la faiblesse · 2 of 10 countries

Moscow leverages the Hegseth-Congress confrontation to reinforce its narrative of American democratic dysfunction

Turkey

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Acteurs péninsulaires et de dissuasion · 2 of 10 countries

Ankara notes the Pentagon's $25 billion confirmation and factors it into its own Iran mediation calculus