00:00Mr. Hurst, on April 29th, as you indicated to the ranking member, you said that the Iran war had cost
00:07$25 billion in total.
00:09You reaffirmed that today.
00:10Do you have any other updated costs or projections since that testimony that you've given?
00:19Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be $1 billion a day.
00:24Do you have anything to share?
00:27Yeah, thanks for the question, sir.
00:28So at the time of testimony in front of the ask, it was $25 billion.
00:32But the Joint Staff team and the Comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate.
00:36And so now we think it's closer to $29 billion.
00:39That's because of updated repair and replacement of equipment costs and also just general operational costs to keep people in
00:46theater.
00:48I appreciate that.
00:49Mr. Secretary, when can you share more formal accounting on the cost of the war with Congress and with this
00:55committee?
00:58We'll share what we can.
01:00I think we've updated on that number this morning.
01:02But when it's relevant and required, we will share it.
01:08I think this would be the format that it would be required.
01:13Mr. Secretary, on that same day, April 29th, you testified that the current ceasefire meant that the 60-day calendar
01:21with the War Powers resolution was paused.
01:25Who are the parties to the ceasefire?
01:30Right now we are in that same ceasefire as of right now.
01:34That wasn't the question.
01:35Who are the parties to the ceasefire?
01:36It would be the United States and the regime in Iran.
01:42How many pages is the ceasefire?
01:45What deal points?
01:46I'm not asking you to share the contents.
01:48I guess what I'm trying to ask is, how do we know that the ceasefire is active or not active
01:56without any documentation?
02:00We know it's evident and the ceasefire is in effect.
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