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Pete Hegseth: “We just cut 5.1 billion on Friday of useless contracts at…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Fox News Interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on US-China Relations and Panama Canal Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 08:00

Are you reversing that at this point? We are rebuilding America's military, which President Trump has charged me with doing. We're going to find efficiencies. You know, we just, We just cut 5.1 billion on Friday of useless contracts at DOD. So we're cutting where we need to find where we can. And there's tens of billions more to find. But we're adding on top of it a generational investment. Maria. (08:00–08:07)

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Asserts that $5.1 billion in contracts deemed useless were cut from the Department of Defense.

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