The Constitution vests the power of the purse in Congress, not the executive — Article I, Section 9, no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. Secretary Hegseth declined to say when, or whether, the administration will formally request those funds, continuing a pattern that dates at least to the Korean War, when Truman committed troops and expenditures faster than Congress was asked to authorize them. The difference is that Congress eventually pushed back in 1951; the open question today is whether it will.