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isn't denying that the Pentagon has asked for $200 billion in funding for the war in Iran.
“He told reporters today obviously it takes money to kill bad guys.”
A regime like that, refusing to abandon its nuclear ambitions is not just a regional problem. It's a direct threat to America, to freedom and to civilization. Heggseth also said U.S. forces have struck more than 7,000 targets in Iran, claiming the Islamic Republic's missile volume is down 90 percent and their one-way attack drones are down 95 percent.
Drones are reshaping the war in the Middle East. These are increasingly cheaper and cost-plus plays a role, as NPR's Cat Lone Store reports. Even man drones mean military superpowers like the U.S. no longer automatically control the skies. But it's also about money.
Iran has fired more than 1,000 one-way attack drones since the war began.
“U.S. defense systems stationed throughout the region have taken out a majority of them.”
A typical Iranian Shaheen attack drone is relatively cheap, tens of thousands of dollars. The U.S. missiles that intercept them cost millions, something Kelly Greco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, points out is unsustainable. That type of cost exchange favors the Iranians over the long term. And the U.S. may run out of interceptors before Iran runs out of drones.
Something U.S. officials who were not authorized to speak publicly have told MPR, they're concerned about, as the war drags on. Cat Lone Store, MPR News, Washington. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffase's more than 360 TSA agents have quit their jobs as partial government shutdown continues and a record number of employees are calling
him sick. He says flying is safe, but travelers, especially during spring break, may see worsening lines at airports across the country. The TSA agents missed a partial payment. Last Friday they missed a full payment.
As we get into next week, and they're about to miss another payment, this is going to look like child's play, what's happening right now.
“You're going to see a small airports, I believe shutdown, you're going to see extensive”
lines, and air travel is going to almost come to a grid halt.
He blames the Biden administration, claiming it allowed 15 million people into the country
without getting vetted, and said Democrats are using the American people, inflicting pain on the American people, for what they think is a political benefit. The White House is currently reviewing the latest proposal by Senate Democrats as the shutdown continues for a second month. Gas prices continued to climb across the United States since the U.S. is really war on
Iran started nearly three weeks ago, averaging $3.88 for a gallon of regular. This is in PR news. The Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed since early March, but about 90 oil tankers and other vessels with ties to Iran have crossed the key waterway in the Middle East.
Iran has exported more than 16 million barrels of oil, mostly to China, it's a big
news buyer, President Trump had asked trade partners and allies to help reopen the straight, but so far that hasn't happened. An auction of Arctic drilling rights on the nation's largest truck to federal land broke records this week, totaling nearly $164 million. Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports.
The government announced bids on more than a million acres in the national petroleum reserve Alaska, some bids were on land that had previously been off-limits to protect Caribou migrating birds and the hunting rights of Arctic villagers, two environmental lawsuits are pending in federal court. Bidding was heavy near Willow, Conical Phillips's mega drilling project already underway.
One Alaska economist says companies were more eager to bid now that national energy policy no longer promotes a transition away from fossil fuels. The administration also plans a lease sale this year to the east in the Arctic refuge for NPR News, I'm Liz Ruskin. Russian officials are confirming its trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine are
on hold because of the Iran war, the news comes as European leaders are pressing hungry to stop blocking an aid package that was previously approved in December. This is NPR News.
