00:00We have not yet received from the Pentagon the costs of the war.
00:05So just for the record, we'd like to get that as soon as possible.
00:09Certainly the munitions expended, but also underreported is we've had a fair amount of equipment destroyed,
00:15including two C-130s with the rescuer of our downed airmen.
00:18So do you have either A, a cost estimate coming to us anytime soon, or B, a specific supplemental request?
00:28Thank you for that question.
00:30So approximately at this day, we're spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury.
00:35Most of that is munitions. There's part of that is obviously O&M and equipment replacement.
00:39We will formulate a supplemental through the White House that will come to Congress
00:43once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict.
00:46The biggest challenge, the biggest adversary we face at this point
00:51are the reckless, feckless, and defeatist words of Congressional Democrats and some Republicans
00:58two months in, I remind you, two months in to a conflict.
01:03Two months in on an existential fight for the safety of the American people.
01:08Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb.
01:10We are proud of this undertaking.
01:12I am proud that President Trump has had the courage to do it,
01:15and I look forward to sharing more about what our troops have accomplished.
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