{"id":30419,"date":"2026-07-21T09:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=30419"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:01:21","slug":"sen-ossoff-questions-secretary-hegseth-on-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-questions-secretary-hegseth-on-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Questions Secretary Hegseth on Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today pressed Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth on the accuracy of statements he\u2019s made during the Iran War as the Administration requests\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-wants-88b-for-iran-war-disaster-aid-in-emergency-request-00974712\">tens of billions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0more for the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff pressed Secretary Hegseth about public statements he\u2019s made on the Iranian military being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4434484\/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da\/\">destroyed<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4434484\/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da\/\">made combat ineffective<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;despite the fact that the war has continued and American forces in the region remain under attack, including the servicemembers being killed this past weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, just to review, you will not answer whether your statement made on the 14th day of the war that Iran&#8217;s military had been \u2018destroyed\u2019 and \u2018made combat ineffective\u2019 was a truthful statement to the American people. As you sit here and ask for tens of billions more for the Conflict,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff asked Secretary Hegseth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Hegseth refused to answer Sen. Ossoff\u2019s question or answer if any of his past statements were accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff also expressed his condolences over the servicemembers killed this past weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeneral Caine, let me just begin by expressing, on behalf of all Georgians, our immense gratitude and admiration for the servicemembers who are making tremendous sacrifices and conducting themselves with extraordinary selflessness and professionalism on behalf of the United States and our state\u2019s unified condolences and grief for the families of the four killed in action, and our hope for a swift recovery for the nearly 100 wounded over the last two weeks. And thank you to you for your service to the nation,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Sen. 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