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[00:00:00]Mr. Secretary, when can you share more formal accounting on the cost of the war with with Congress and with this committee?

[00:00:07]>> I think we've updated uh on that number this morning, but uh when it's when it's relevant and required, we will share it.

[00:00:13]>> Mr. Secretary, on that same day, uh April 29th, you testified that the current ceasefire meant that the 60-day calendar with the War Powers Resolution was paused. Um who are the parties to the ceasefire? Right now we are in that same ceasefire as of right now.

[00:00:30]>> Wasn't wasn't the question. Who are the parties to this?

[00:00:32]>> It would be the United States and and the regime in Iran.

[00:00:34]>> How many pages is the ceasefire? What deal points? I'm not asking you to share the contents. I guess what I'm what I'm trying to ask is how do we know that the ceasefire is is active or not active without any documentation?

[00:00:51]Mr. Hurst, on on April 29th, as you indicated to the ranking member, you said that the Iran war had cost $25 billion in total. You reaffirmed that today. Do you have any do you have any other updated costs or projections um since that uh testimony that you've given? Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day. Do you have any anything to share?

[00:01:18]>> Yeah, thanks for the question, sir. Uh so at the time of testimony in front of the hask it was $25 billion but the joint staff team and the comproller team are constantly looking at that estimate and so now we think it's closer to 29.

[00:01:30]Uh that's because of updated repair and replacement of equipment cost and also uh just general operational costs keep people in theater.

[00:01:39]>> Thank you. I appreciate that. Mr. Secretary, when can you share more formal accounting on the cost of the war with with Congress and with this committee?

[00:01:49]Um, we'll share what we can. I think we've updated uh on that number this morning, but uh when it's when it's relevant and required, we will share it.

[00:01:59]>> I I think this would be the format um that it's that it would be required. Uh Mr. Secretary, on that same day, uh April 29th, you testified that the current ceasefire meant that the 60-day calendar with the War Powers Resolution was paused. Um, who are the parties to the ceasefire?

[00:02:20]>> Well, right now we are in that same ceasefire as of right now.

[00:02:25]>> Wasn't that wasn't the question. Who are the parties to this?

[00:02:27]>> It would be the United States and and the regime in Iran.

[00:02:31]>> Who how many pages is the ceasefire? What deal points? I'm not asking you to share the contents. I guess what I'm what I'm trying to ask is how do we know that the cease fire is is active or not active without any documentation?

[00:02:52]>> We know it's evident and the ceasefire is in effect.

[00:02:57]>> But you is it is it pages? Is it is it 15 points? There's been different points that have moved around. Um, you know, is there any other How do we know? You just trust that the president knows that the ceasefire is active or not active? As you know, for the most part, a ceasefire means the fire is ceasing and we know that has occurred while negotiations occur and there are lots of different uh discussions with our negotiating team that are happening. I'm there when those discussions are occurring. Uh different drafts, different perspectives. So it's a very dynamic situation where a negotiated settlement uh could be the outcome here where Iran does not have nuclear capabilities and from the department of war perspective we uh we're here to support uh those options.

[00:03:42]>> On May 5th you announced the launch of project freedom which is a new exercise where Sentcom will help coordinate ship traffic and guide commercial ships through the straight. President Trump then announced the operation concluded that evening. Now it seems that uh the uh we may be revisiting that. Can you give us the latest on Project Freedom?

[00:04:02]>> Well, as it pertains to battlefield options, we're not we don't disclose uh those types of things, but ultimately at the as the president stated publicly in his truth at the request of the Pakistanis and given the options in the negotiation, it was paused and it's an option we could always recommence uh should the commander-in-chief want us to.

[00:04:21]>> Is the is the theory to create more ceasefires or more projects just to evade the War Powers Act?

[00:04:29]Um the theory of the entire case is to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon. And if that has to be done kinetically and militarily, the Department of War is locked and loaded and ready to do that. If it happens through uh Project Freedom, where you move commerce through, if it has if it happens through a negotiated deal, the president was very clear even yesterday uh this is actually quite simple. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon uh one way or another. And we're here to support as one tool of the whole of government uh to make that happen.

[00:04:59]General Kaine, uh the depleted munitions have been a a subject of some of the discussions that you've even heard here today. Um with respect to stockpiles uh that we have around the world, key regions like the Indo-Pacific uh and the Middle East, um you know, can you give us an update? What other what are you hearing from the combatant commands um about uh their munitions status around the world?

[00:05:29]Uh well sir, we we uh we have sufficient munitions for what we're tasked to do right now. Um that's what I hear from the cocoms. What I will say is I I will always want more. So I appreciate the effort of this committee and the Congress. We're always going to want more munitions.

[00:05:48]Secretary Hank says, "What are you doing to support the involved services to to recap their losses?

[00:05:55]>> We're submitting a $ 1.5 trillion budget that'll remake the department and ensure that every war fighter in the future has exactly what they need and we're never in a fair fight." And I I take issue with the the characterization that munitions are depleted in a public forum. That's not true. And ultimately, we have all the munitions needed to execute what we need to execute and we're going to ensure that we supercharge that going into the future.

[00:06:14]I think you've heard differences from both sides of the aisle on that point.

[00:06:17]Yield back, Mr. Chairman.

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