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Pete Hegseth: “We identified [the Office of the Director of Operational…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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How much of the staff of the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation did you cut? After collaboration, sir, with the Service Departments, the Joint Staff and others, We identified [the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation] as a place where there were redundancies and multiple additional layers. that. I'll tell you what you cut. You cut 74%. Most of it. Most of it. Most of it. And was your decision to cut more than half of the Pentagon. (07:18–07:23)

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