Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled another round of cuts to programs Thursday worth $580 million that he claimed were either “wasteful” or didn’t align with the administration’s agenda. NY Post Politics Reporter Ryan King shares this story.
With those cuts, Hegseth estimated that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found roughly $800 million in savings so far at the Pentagon.
“They are not a good use of taxpayer dollars — ultimately that’s who funds us and we owe you transparency and make sure we’re using it well,” Hegseth explained in an X video while briefly ticking through a few of the savings.
One of the cuts he listed was “an HR software effort” that went more than $280 million over budget and seven years behind schedule. The program was initially supposed to take one year to complete and cost $36 million, according to Hegseth.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/03/20/us-news/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-reveals-another-580-million-in-doge-savings-from-bloated-pentagon-budget/
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