A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers in both the House and Senate expressed frustration with the Pentagon on Tuesday for the lack of information the department has provided on its budget request.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst III testified on Tuesday about the budget request in back-to-back hearings in front of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

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