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Hegseth says $1.5 trillion budget is ‘generational down payment’

By Britta Miller
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed for the department’s $1.5 trillion budget request Thursday, calling it a “generational down payment.”

Hegseth posted a video on X pushing for the funding, which is the largest budget request in U.S. history. 

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