BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Defense Secretary Pete Hegses said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday that the government's Department of Efficiency (DOGE) is “already” looking at the Department of Defense for wasted spending .
“We're already in the process,” he said when asked when Doge began watching the Pentagon. “It's in progress.”
He wanted to welcome the building “to have a personal conversation and see what they have already revealed elsewhere in the government,” at some point, at some point.” I said that.
Musk has already sent shockwaves throughout the US federal government after identifying numerous cases of wasted government spending in other sectors, particularly in the United States Organization for International Development (USAID).
However, his efforts to save US taxpayers money and reduce the national deficit have earned praise from the American public, both from Trump's supporters and non-supporters.
Heggs, who cut his incredible spending at the Pentagon to one of his top goals, doesn't think he'll find waste similar to USAID, but in order to reduce spending, he says, “a lot of places have been added.” There is,” he said.
He referenced a true social media post by President Donald Trump on Thursday morning. Give me the money back now! ”
“I mean, why do we spend on the media outlets that we spend that way? We need to find something like that and we need to stop it. DOD is because of its size, the amount it spends It's unique, so essentially there's efficiency, redundancy, headquarters-level staffing that needs to be addressed,” he said.
Wall Street Journal On Friday morning, Doge members were expected to visit the Pentagon as early as that day, and the department reported that they had received an individual list of Doge staff assigned to it.
It also reported that the Pentagon woman's bathroom had an informal paper on the wall featuring photographs of 15 known Doge staff, with the words “Meet the Doge Team.” did.
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