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Pete Hegseth: “The President announced the goal of $1.5 trillion for our…”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth full speech at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth

Published | Video Starts at 05:25

President Trump did it in his first term and we're going to do it again. We had a historic budget last year. I don't know if you saw The President announced the goal of $1.5 trillion for our national defense in 2027. That is a message to the world. Now we're going to spend every dime of that wisely. (05:25–05:32)

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Asserts that there is a goal to allocate $1.5 trillion for national defense by 2027.

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