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| Defense Secretary Hegseth: Continuing DOGE work at the Pentagon, another $5 billion in savings found |
| 2025-05-29 |
| [RedState] We got good news from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) head Russ Vought on Wednesday when he announced on Fox Business that the first bill codifying DOGE cuts would be coming next week. The first bill will include foreign aid, USAID, and NPR, among other items. How much it will encompass in terms of money is not yet clear but those subjects could cover a lot. That sounds like a good start. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was eager and ready to act on the bill so they could deliver even more cuts for the American people. But there's more coming because they're still working and finding wasteful spending, and there are some of the big items at the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an important statement on X on Wednesday in which he said they'd identified an enormous amount in potential cuts. They identified an overreliance on "management consultants and contractors." He said they likely had more contractors than they had civilian employees. He said reviewing these contracts with DOGE, they'd identified $5 billion in savings, in addition to the $5 billion they'd already identified. So that's "$10 billion in real savings at the Department of Defense," Hegseth explained. "And we're just getting started." If they found $5 billion in two weeks, think what they could do with a little more time. Hegseth outlined how he'd delegated Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg to work with DOGE and the services to review all their consulting contracts. They needed to be focused on financial responsibility, stewardship, and warfighters. [X]
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Don't be spending the savings until the courts actually decide we can get the refund. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-05-29 12:05 |
| #1 SENS WARREN, SHEEHY: Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. We’re working together to stop it |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-29 06:01 |