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Pete Hegseth: “There are things in this budget that we have to address that…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 1:31:50

Okay, is a, is a, is if I were to put a pin on it. But that interim strategy has driven why we're investing, where we're investing, and I think driven a lot of difficult decisions. There are things in this budget that we have to address that have been deferred for a long time. that we're willing to say that may have been a fight for the last 20 years, but it's not as applicable to the long range fight we think we may need to be a part of in the future or it's not survivable. (1:31:50–1:31:56)

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Asserts that the current budget addresses long-deferred issues.

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