Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five year… [+7737 chars]
Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts - The Washington Post
A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that President Donald Trump has.
By:Dan Lamothe, Alex Horton, Hannah Natanson
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