Pete Hegseth: “It's been too slow in the past. It needs to be faster.”

“I would argue if it was a resource constraint. That's precisely why we're having this hearing today to speed up systems to the battlefield to war fighters as fast as humanly possible. It's been too slow in the past. It needs to be faster. The reforms we're undertaking of that investigation policy. Publicly, yes or no? I will work with Admiral Cooper to make sure it's handled properly. Yes, Senator. Thank you, Secretary Hegseth.” (04:53–04:57)

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