The Pentagon is running out of money

Defense officials asked for more than $67 billion. But Congress hasn’t approved the money yet, in part because of frustrations over information about the war with Iran.

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department was funded with a budget of nearly a trillion dollars, but it is running out of cash, according to three U.S. officials, a former defense official, outside experts and two congressional staff members.

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