“The Pentagon burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions during the first two days of its military assault on Iran, a figure that underscores the deepening alarm among some on Capitol Hill over the speed at which U.S. forces have eaten into the scarce supply of America’s most advanced weaponry,” the Washington Post reports.
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