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Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in DOGE cuts at Pentagon

By Jenny Goldsberry
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in “wasteful spending.”

The Department of Government Efficiency is currently auditing federal departments, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seem to agree that defense spending is a problem, given that the Pentagon has failed six consecutive audits. 

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