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Pete Hegseth: “I would take issue with your characterization that all 2/3…”

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Defense Budget Hearing: Pete Hegseth and General Dan Kane Discuss FY 2026 Priorities and Global Threats

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How can that be consistent with our mutual goal of making the military life a safer life for a men and women uniform? Well Senator, I would take issue with your characterization that all 2/3 of that, whatever was reduced is focused on the issues that you just spoke about. Because those are issues that as a secretary who's very close to these issues and knows people close to these issues, my team knows that's exactly the type of research that we would fund. (1:05:30–1:05:38)

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Disputes the claim that two-thirds of defense health research budget cuts affect brain injury research.

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