Hegseth Says DOGE Found $6 Billion in Pentagon Budget Cuts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington on June 10.
Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress Tuesday that the Pentagon’s collaboration with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found $6 billion in cuts so far from the agency’s budget of nearly $1 trillion.
He added that President Donald Trump’s proposed budget also shifts $30 billion from away from “nonlethal priorities” under the Biden administration, according to a copy of his opening statement posted online.