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Pete Hegseth: “We're submitting a $1.5 trillion budget that will remake the…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE: Pete Hegseth testifies before House defense budget hearing (Full)

Published | Video Starts at 1:13:18

So I appreciate the effort of this committee and the Congress. We're always going to want more munitions. Secretary Hagseth, what are you doing to support the involved services? To recap their losses, We're submitting a $1.5 trillion budget that will remake the department and ensure that every war fighter in the future has exactly what they need. and we're never in a fair fight. And I take issue with the characterization that munitions are depleted in a public forum. That's not true. (1:13:18–1:13:25)

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