Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will deliver the keynote address for the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, at 2:50 p.m. Saturday.
The defense forum also features Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN), Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Dan Caine, and many more public figures as speakers. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted the event for two days, starting Friday.
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Hegseth is also traveling south to Santa Ana, California, to “engage with defense industry leaders in the area,” the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday.
Ahead of his keynote address, Hegseth posted a video vowing to rebuild the “Arsenal of Freedom” during his tenure at the Department of War.
