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Pete Hegseth: “The Department has helped stimulate more than 250 private…”

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Let me briefly provide you with some concrete high level metrics of what we've accomplished over the last few months. These are announced new facilities and investments to support American warfighters. The Department has helped stimulate more than 250 private investment deals in 39 states, in 180 cities, in 150 different companies worth more than $50 billion. This has resulted in 280 new and expanded facilities, more than 18 million new square feet of American manufacturing, and more than 70,000 new American jobs. (23:05–23:17)

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