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Pete Hegseth, Pentagon and defense spending

New York Post on MSN · 2d

Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according to a memo.

UPI News on MSN · 2d

Pete Hegseth orders senior leaders to cut 8% from Defense budget

Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years.

Stars and Stripes · 21h

Pentagon will cut billions of dollars in programs but not its overall budget, Hegseth says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that he will immediately begin shifting billions of dollars away from nonlethal programs in connection with a broader reorganization of military priorities.

Military Times on MSN12h

Lawmakers warn Hegseth against political firings of generals

A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked Hegseth for justifications and transparency before any decisions to dismiss senior ...

As Defense Department preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef confirms a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce"—and adds that a hiring freeze is coming, during which a more ...

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Here’s Pete Hegseth’s Agenda at the Pentagon

Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently commenced his duties at the Pentagon, emphasizing the importance ...

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Defense chief Hegseth said he would welcome Elon Musk’s DOGE analysts at the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he’s been in touch with Elon Musk and would welcome his unofficial Department of ...

Hegseth seeks to shift $50 billion in FY26 budget proposal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to find about $50 billion in the Biden administration’s fiscal ...

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Hegseth could fire some senior generals and admirals soon, sources say

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could soon move to fire more than half a dozen generals and flag officers, according to two ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to reduce US military spending by 8% each over five years

Hegseth's memo doesn’t address the future of some of the Defense Department’s major programs, including the costliest — the F ...

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