The war against Iran has cost $38 billion and used up to two-thirds of US interceptors, Congress budget office says

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The war against Iran has cost $38 billion and used up to two-thirds of US interceptors, Congress budget office says

the same fact, two accounts

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domestic politics · security

United States
The United States measures the war in dollars and Congressional votes: the CBO report fuels a political battle seven weeks from the midterms, between Democratic accusations and a Republican resolution to impeach Hegseth.
What each one tells
opposition
France
Paris is interpreting an embarrassing setback for Washington: the Pentagon is finally acknowledging the ammunition shortage that Donald Trump had denied for months, while Congress is estimating the war against Iran at 38 billion dollars.
United States
Electoral
the CBO figure is presented as a Democratic campaign argument ahead of the midterms rather than as a simple budgetary data point.
Institutional backing
the narrative relies on the convergence of several government assessments without independent quantification.
What the account puts first
France
Focus on political backlash
the articles centre the narrative on the contradiction between Donald Trump's statements and the Pentagon's admission, more than on the operational consequences of the shortage.
Institutional backing
the four articles rely exclusively on the official figures from the Pentagon and the CBO, without independent external expertise.

and the figures

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