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Pete Hegseth: “We have flipped the Pentagon acquisition process from a…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 22:06

By supercharging our industrial capacity and transforming how the Department does business, we are restoring American commercial dominance at a pace unseen in generations. Transforming the defense industrial base from the broken, slow moving systems of the past. We have flipped the Pentagon acquisition process from a bureaucratic model to a business model. Decisively moving from an acquisition environment paralyzed by bureaucratic red tape into an outcomes driven organization focused on delivering the most for taxpayer dollars. And Mr. Chairman, you're right. (22:06–22:13)

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