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Pete Hegseth: “Taxpayer dollars that come to the DOD better be spent…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 14:42

We're going to work with Congress to make sure the DoD is properly funded, but that we're using that those funds wisely. That includes things like a Pentagon audit. Taxpayer dollars that come to the DOD better be spent properly. But we also need to ramp up to ensure we're prepared for with the most robust capabilities possible, learning from other conflicts, to move to future conflicts, to understand how we orient toward future threats. (14:42–14:46)

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Asserts that taxpayer dollars allocated to the Department of Defense should be spent properly.

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