#Iran Tensions

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• 🇺🇸 Rutte asks for Trump's 'understanding' on NATO countries' hesitancy on supporting Iran war — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Sunday asked for President Trump’s “understanding” amid his frustrations with allied countries expressing hesitancy to provide support to reopen the Strait of Horm...

  Related: #NATO Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Congress may soon have to vote on giving Pentagon $200 billion for Iran war — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  It appears Congress, which has not authorized the war with Iran, may be asked to provide $200 billion to pay for it. That number is not official, but senior House and Senate Republicans did not deny i...

  Related: #Defense Funding
• 🇺🇸 Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  One-time pick to lead key statistics body EJ Antoni says inflation was ‘worse than we thought’ even before conflict

  Related: #US Economy
• 🇺🇸 Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official for the Trump Administration, Resigns, Citing Iran War — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Mr. Kent announced his resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He said that pressure from Israel had pushed President Trump into war against Iran.

  Related: #Government Resignation
• 🇬🇧 Relative of US airman killed in Middle East crash calls war on Iran ‘uncalled for’ — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, whose military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, says: ‘We didn’t need to be in this war’</p><p>A relative of an Ohio airman who was <a href="https://www.theguardia...

  Related: #Military Casualty
• 🇺🇸 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz: No repeat of Iraq if Trump sends troops to Iran — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that President Trump hasn't ruled out sending troops to Iran but emphasized that any deployment would look nothing like past U.S. wars.

  Related: #U.S. Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Watch Live: Hegseth, Caine give Iran war update at Pentagon — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are giving a briefing on Operation Epic Fury in Iran Friday.

  Related: #Military Briefing
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over $11 billion in six days, source says — 11/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Military Cost
• 🇺🇸 Iran war: Trump says he&apos;s not worried about domestic terror attack — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump said oil companies should send tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which has remained effectively closed due to the war on Iran.

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Blumenthal says he left briefing on Iran war with "more questions than answers" — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he left a Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on the war with Iran with "more questions than answers." CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.

  Related: #Congressional Briefing
• 🇺🇸 Hegseth promises "most intense day of strikes" on Iran at Pentagon briefing | Special Report — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine held a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday. Hegseth said Tuesday would be the "most intense day of strikes" against Iran ...

  Related: #Military Action
• 🇺🇸 Watch: Pentagon official defends Trump after congressman says president dragged U.S. into Iran war — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Democratic Rep. Adam Smith pressed Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby about the U.S. objectives in Iran. Colby defended President Trump after Smith said the president failed to keep the U.S. ou...

  Related: #U.S. Politics
• 🇺🇸 As strikes loom, Democrats to force vote to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story As strikes loom, Democrats to force vote to limit Trump’s war powers i...

  Related: #Congressional Power, #War Powers