OMB Says Iran War Cost $30B, Stays Mum on Supplemental

The cost of US military operations against Iran so far is $30 billion, the director of the Office of Management and Budget told Congress on June 30, but he offered scant details on plans for a supplemental funding request that includes more than twice that figure for defense.

“We’ve spent about $30 billion,” OMB Director Russel Vought told the House Appropriations Committee.

OMB’s cost estimate is $1 billion more than Pentagon acting comptroller Jules “Jay” Hurst III said in testimony May 12, and $5 billion more than the Pentagon estimated April 29.

Vought offered no further details on the new figure and deferred to the Pentagon.