The Pentagon is already trying to squeeze $67 billion from Congress to help replace the stockpiles it has burned through. Hegseth and his team met with Republican senators on Tuesday for a closed-door briefing. Defense officials showed “candor” at that meeting about the toll the conflict has taken, and told lawmakers to expect requests for more funding on top of the amount they’ve already asked for, according to Axios. The secretary has routinely excluded Democratic lawmakers from updates on the war—and didn’t invite them to this one either. The president’s diplomatic blunders have not just left the Pentagon scrambling for the cash to keep those strikes going.