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Pete Hegseth: “President Trump's changed that. The one big beautiful bill…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth's Address at Turning Point USA: Restoring Military Strength and American Leadership

Published | Video Starts at 09:39

We're also rebuilding our military in ways that President Trump did in his first term. Under Obama and Biden, the military was gutted not just with bad ideologies, but with insufficient funding and capabilities. President Trump's changed that. The one big beautiful bill gave 150 billion in additional spending to DOD. We have the first trillion dollar defense budget. Listen, let me tell you, I'm a fiscal hawk like a lot of people in here too. (09:39–09:46)

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Asserts that President Trump increased the Department of Defense budget by $150 billion.

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