8% budget cuts a year for DoD for over 5 years is a big chunk

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Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly asked Pentagon officials Tuesday to draw up plans to slash defense spending for each of the next five years — as the department became the latest target of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cost-cutting mission.

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according to a memo obtained by the Washington Post.

The defense secretary ordered senior Pentagon officials, top military commanders, and the directors of several defense agencies to draft plans for the proposed cuts by Feb. 24.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/us-news/pete-hegseth-orders-defense-leadership-to-draw-up-plans-for-steep-budget-cuts-as-doge-enters-the-pentagon-report/

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