{"id":2414070,"date":"2025-03-20T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-unveils-additional-580-million-in-savings\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:52:02","slug":"pete-hegseth-unveils-additional-580-million-in-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-unveils-additional-580-million-in-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpete-hegseth-unveils-additional-580-million-in-savings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414070&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in DOGE cuts at Pentagon<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2044788\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3349377\/hegseth-pledges-strikes-at-houthis-wont-be-one-night-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3323628\/has-doge-really-saved-55-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">wasteful spending<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" title=\"\">Department of Government&nbsp;Efficiency&nbsp;<\/a>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&nbsp;audits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3354070\/coast-guard-interdicts-80000-pounds-drugs\/\">Coast Guard interdicts 80,000 pounds of drugs under Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3353793\/roger-wicker-mike-rogers-express-concern-us-command-restructure\/\">Top Republicans express concern of possible US command restructuring, cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3353650\/trump-ukraine-power-plants-peace-plan-zelensky\/\">Trump eyes Ukraine power plants as he pushes peace plan on Zelensky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;So today, I&rsquo;m signing a memo directing the termination of over $580 million in DoD contracts, in grants, that do not match the priorities of this president or this department. In other words, they are not a good use of taxpayer dollars. Ultimately, that&rsquo;s who funds us,&rdquo; Hegseth said in a video posted to X. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to keep going for you guys.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another round of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DOGE<\/a> findings here at the Department of Defense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PSrHn8Zjlq\">pic.twitter.com\/PSrHn8Zjlq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1902773449069621429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The latest cuts and those announced weeks ago total $800 million saved. Among the terminated contracts were one for HR software that was meant for just a year but instead extended to eight years and costing $280 million more than anticipated, a plan to decarbonize emissions of Navy ships that would have cost $6 million, contracts with consulting firms that totaled $30 million, an effort to diversify the Navy for $5.2 million, and a $9 million effort toward &ldquo;equitable AI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I need lethal machine learning models, not equitable machine learning models,&rdquo; Hegseth said. <\/p>\n<p>Hegseth has laid off thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3326774\/pentagon-layoff-probationary-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"about a third\">probationary employees<\/a> and offered a deferred resignation program for the department&rsquo;s civilian employees. The secretary&rsquo;s goal was a 5% to 8% reduction&nbsp;in civilian staff, but he only reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3351603\/20000-civilian-department-of-defense-employees-accept-voluntary-resignation-one-third-desired-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"about a third\">about a third<\/a> of that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3349377\/hegseth-pledges-strikes-at-houthis-wont-be-one-night-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HEGSETH PLEDGES STRIKES AT HOUTHIS WON&rsquo;T BE A &lsquo;ONE-NIGHT THING&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&rsquo;s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, recommended in his final days in office that the&nbsp;incoming administration&nbsp;spend $50 billion more on&nbsp;defense. Austin&rsquo;s five-year spending plan included a projection to spend as much as $1 trillion on defense as soon as 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent budget passed by Congress slated $892.5 billion for&nbsp;defense&nbsp;spending, which is $8 billion more than in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2044788\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2044788\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in DOGE cuts at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in \u201cwasteful spending.\u201d The Department of Government\u00a0Efficiency\u00a0is 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2414071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-dei-months-dead.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-dei-months-dead.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}