WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine testify on Pentagon budget
War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Dan Caine are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee about the Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request, led by Chairman Mike Rogers. The hearing will cover a proposed War Department budget totaling about $1.5 trillion, a 42-44% increase, including $65.8 billion for the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding initiative. The session is set to begin at 10 a.m.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are testifying on Capitol Hill about the Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request on Wednesday.
The House Armed Services Committee, led by Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), is presiding over the congressional testimony.
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The total budget request for the War Department amounts to $1.5 trillion, representing a 42-44% increase over previous levels. If approved in its current form, the budget will allocate $65.8 billion to the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding efforts, a key national security priority of the department.
The hearing is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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