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Pete Hegseth: “We feel very comfortable with the number of $960 billion.”

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Senator Pete Hegseth Defends Military Base Renaming and Budget Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 04:43

We're not trying to fool anybody, sir. It's two bills, one budget. We're working with omb. Why is it, and We feel very comfortable with the number of $960 billion. Why don't you give us a straight up budget for the Defense Department? That's my question, Senator. This is a straight up budget for the Defense Department and it's a 13% increase over what Joe Biden gave us. (04:43–04:48)

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Asserts confidence in a defense budget of $960 billion.

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