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US looks at 8% defense budget cut in each of next 5 years, Washington Post reports

The Pentagon has been ordered to cut $50 billion from its budget, which represents roughly 8% of military spending.
Programs related to climate change initiatives and diversity efforts could be scaled back or eliminated, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The reallocated funds will support priorities such as border security and the U.S. Missile defense system, as stated by Hegseth.
The Defense Department cited climate change as a significant threat to military infrastructure, despite the reallocation of funds away from related programs.

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Winston-Salem Journal

Defense Secretary Hegseth directs Pentagon to identify $50B in program cuts

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump's priorities.

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Comic Sands

MAGA Senator Roasted After Mangling The Word 'Triangle' In Lame Pentagon Budget Cut Joke

Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama was roasted after he couldn't quite recall the proper word for a three-sided shape, mangling the word "triangle" in a joke about Pentagon budget cuts.Congressional Democrats have pushed back upon learning that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon and military officials to plan for 8 percent budget cuts annually over the next five years.Republicans, despite typically advocating…

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Clash Daily

Pete Hegseth Tells Us EXACTLY How He Intends To Make America's Military Great Again

Personnel is policy, the saying goes. The confirmation of Hegseth is a powerful example of that principle in action. Whereas the last SECDEF showing his idea of public transparency by literally went AWOL for days, with nobody in the chain of command even knowing what he was doing, Pete Hegseth is bypassing the media gatekeepers whose malicious partisanship was on full display during the confirmation process. Rather than let the Dems and other me…

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Stars and Stripes

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.

1 day ago·Washington, United States

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scheerpost.com

Pentagon Says Hegseth’s Order Will Redirect Spending, Not Make Actual Cuts

The Pentagon wants to shift spending to Trump's plan for an 'Iron Dome for America,' which will have a huge price tag and likely start a new arms race.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Hegseth orders Pentagon to draw up plans for cuts - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years, officials said Wednesday.

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