Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request
Congress will have to wait to learn more about Defense Department’s efficiency efforts
Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.
The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be informed of the results of the so-called budget relook — which called for an internal realignment of 8 percent of the Defense Department’s budget — as the president’s spending request is made public in the coming weeks.
Obtained by CQ Roll Call on Wednesday, the letter came after Rogers and ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., last month asked the military service chiefs to identify infrastructure, programs and processes “that are no longer a priority” for their branch “and could be divested, right sized, or made more efficient.”
“We are committed to eliminating waste, reforming our acquisition processes, and ensuring each dollar within the defense budget is spent wisely,” Rogers and Smith wrote in their Feb. 14 missives. “We have a unique opportunity at this time to make quantifiable progress toward these goals.”
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