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Pete Hegseth: “Modifications were made that changed an existing design so…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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

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Modifications that have led to serious. Navy has called for many modifications to the plan. As I'm not saying that's it's all the fault of the shipyard. There are many ways in which Modifications were made that changed an existing design so extensively that it led to a ship that was not even capable of the original mission it was supposed to execute. So our job is to make tough choices on some platforms like that that may not be funded the way they were in the past because we have to make some of those tough choices. (1:45:26–1:45:38)

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Asserts that modifications to a ship design rendered it incapable of its original mission.

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