WASHINGTON—In a bid to get ahead of what could be drastic cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, some parts of the military are preparing lists of weapons they have long wanted to cancel but couldn’t get past lawmakers seeking to protect spending in their districts.
DOGE members are expected at the Defense Department as soon as Friday, defense officials said. The Pentagon has received a list of DOGE officials assigned to the department but hasn’t publicly released it, they added.
“We welcome DOGE to the Pentagon,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier this week.
In the weeks since President Trump took office, DOGE staffers have been embedded at several federal agencies, reviewing government systems to look for excessive spending. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday giving DOGE more authority to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
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