Hegseth orders DOGE-inspired $50b in Pentagon cuts

Hegseth confirms DOGE analysts are in Pentagon to cut waste
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth verified that staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are working in the Pentagon to uncover waste, fraud and abuse in the government’s largest discretionary budget.
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.
Hegseth orders Pentagon to make plans for major budget cuts to align with Trump DOGE priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to develop plans for cutting 8% from the Department of Defense budget.
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 Government Efficiency financial analysts going through the books at the Pentagon to curtail wasteful government spending.
'Want biggest, most badass military on planet': Hegseth orders DOGE-inspired $50b in Pentagon cuts
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will have "broad access" to root out previous administration programs at the Pentagon, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday. President Donald Trump has vowed to slash government spending and has tasked DOGE with carrying out that effort,
Pete Hegseth orders DOGE-inspired $50B in Pentagon cuts
The Pentagon is preparing to undergo $50 billion in budget cuts to 'woke' programs that focused on climate change, energy and DEI.
Pete Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut $50B
Billionaire Elon Musk, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, is set to audit the nation’s largest government agency, and the Pentagon is already being asked to come up with lists of potential cuts.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cancels celebrations at DOD. What is Black History Month?
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DOGE is getting lists of the military’s probationary workers from the Pentagon
U.S. officials say Department of Government Efficiency staffers were at the Pentagon on Tuesday and receiving lists of the ...
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Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Trump’s Defense Secretary in Tie-Breaking Vote
By The Associated Press The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday ... as director of the office of national intelligence; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, the anti ...