Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will appear in front of two congressional committees on Wednesday and Thursday for their first public hearings since the Iran war began.
The pair is set to testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday morning and the Senate’s counterpart committee on Thursday. The Pentagon’s acting comptroller, Jules W. Hurst III, will appear with them for the Senate hearing.
America’s war in Iran and the subsequent standoff in the Strait of Hormuz will almost certainly be a major topic during their time answering questions from lawmakers, as will the department’s historic $1.5 trillion budget and the questions about Hegseth’s leadership of the department.
Iran war
These hearings will be lawmakers’ first opportunity to publicly question Hegseth and Caine about the war in Iran, which the United States and Israel jointly launched on Feb. 28
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