https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/hegseth-trump-1-trillion-defense-budget-00007147
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged a first ever $1 trillion defense budget proposal on Monday, a record sum for the military.
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So much for bringing down the budget.
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So much for bringing down the budget.
Better question: how much of that money actually is deployed, and how much vanishes in the DoD procurement black hole?
Steve
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When is DOGE going to take over the Pentagon? I might actually start to support their efforts if I see cuts to defense spending.
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LOL! Those guys have guns and are trained to fight. This is one reason why DOGE never went there. Even though that is the only place you can cut that will actually have a real, substantial impact on waste and fraud.
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The pacts “represent non-essential spending on third party consultants” for services Pentagon employees can peform, Hegseth said in the April 10 memo released by the Pentagon.
Talk about fraud, waste and abuse. The bloated defense budget should be a target for increased efficiency.
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