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Meeting comes amid tentative trade truce but Iran, Taiwan and tensions over global supply chains will be complicating factors
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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is on Capitol Hill today, answering questions from lawmakers on the House appropriations subcommittee for defense. He’ll face a grilling from members on the White House budget request for the Pentagon, which includes an increase of more than $400bn for the fiscal year 2027 – bringing the total amount to $1.5tn.
Alongside Hegseth is Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, who is leading the military operation in Iran.
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Shrai Popat (now) and Taz Ali (earlier) · Tue, May 12, 2026, 5:20 AM
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Meeting comes amid tentative trade truce but Iran, Taiwan and tensions over global supply chains will be complicating factors
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is on Capitol Hill today, answering questions from lawmakers on the House appropriations subcommittee for defense. He’ll face a grilling from members on the White House budget request for the Pentagon, which includes an increase of more than $400bn for the fiscal year 2027 – bringing the total amount to $1.5tn.
Alongside Hegseth is Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, who is leading the military operation in Iran.
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