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Pete Hegseth: “We have a budget of $850 billion spent on defense.”

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LIVE Pete Hegseth holds press conference after meeting with NATO defense ministers

Published | Video Starts at 20:34

Thank you. Thank you. I think nobody can or should contest the extent of America's willingness to invest in national security. We have a budget of $850 billion spent on defense. I'm in the business of ensuring that every dollar of that is used wisely, which is why we're pushing a Pentagon audit and making sure that we're cutting fatigue so that we've got more at the tip of the spear. (20:34–20:40)

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Asserts that the U.S. defense budget is $850 billion.

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