Hegseth expects hundreds of billions in wasteful spending at Defense Department to be exposed

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Department of Defense will work with Elon Musk and the DOGE to locate wasteful spending.

 

Maria Bartiromo spoke to Pete and asked him if they "should we expect to find hundreds of billions in wasteful spending at the Defense Department?"

 

Pete Hegseth was very direct in his answer, saying: "Unfortunately, I think so. The President is right. The American taxpayer deserves to know exactly how and where their money is spent. When we spend dollars, we need to know where they're going and why. That's simple accounting, and that has not existed at the Defense Department, and we're going to fix that... We welcome Elon Musk and DOGE coming into our department to help us identify additional ways in which we can streamline costs, fast-track acquisitions, cut waste, cut tail to put it to tooth. We know in a world where America is $37 trillion in debt resources will not be unlimited. So every dollar we can find that isn't being spent wisely is one we can put toward warfighters, so we welcome DOGE at DOD. We will partner with them, and it's long overdue."