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Minister of Defense Pete Hegsetth said on Tuesday that the Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge) is “welcome in Pentagon”, telling reporters in Stuttgart in Germany during his first foreign trip, led that the Ministry of Defense (Dod) will also review the US Army globally to make it explained various “strategic assumptions” between President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden.
Upon arriving at the headquarters of the US European Command and the Command of Africa, Hegsetth made a push-up, dead cranes and other PT exercises with 1 Battalion, 10th Group of Special Forces (Airborne) -Gesta, Secretary, I am a combat veteran himself, said the combat itself The veteran, he said, should communicate directly with the trunk and hear about their missions, not exclusively communicating through four -star generals.
After taking questions from journalists, Hegsetth, who vowed to renew the “warrior ethos” in Pentagon, addressed that Trump had had Invited to NATO members spend 5% of your GDP on defense. Asked if they should also spend that amount now, Hegsetth said that he and Trump share the opinion that the US -defense consumption should not go below 3% of GDP, adding that the current administration should spend more than the Biden administration.
Hegsetth says Fort Bragg returns but with a turnaround
The Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke with the media during his visit to the headquarters of the US European Command and the Africa Command at the African Command at Kelly Barracs in Germany in Stuttgart, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Hegsetth accused the management of Biden of “historically implying the abilities of our army,”
Asked if Elon Musk expects In order to start a unilateral decrease in defense programs, Hegsetth described Doge’s leader as “a great patriot interested in the progression of the American first agenda” who knows “Trump He received 77 million votes in the US people’s mandate, and part of this brings real business efficiency to the Government. “Hegsetth spoke of a” partnership “with Doge to reduce the Pentagon waste, agreeing with a male assessment that this could be in accordance with” billion “dollars.
But the secretary emphasized that the Pentagon consumption did not equalize with “globalist programs” implemented by the US agency for international development (USAID).
“As I said on social media, We welcome Doge In Pentagon, “Hegsetth said.” And I hope to welcome Elona to Pentagon very quickly. And his team, who worked in collaboration with us. ”
Hegsetth said: “There are dismissal of waste and number of ships that need to be resolved in the headquarters. There is simply no doubt. Look at a lot of climatic programs that are persecuted in the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense is not in the climate business, resolving the global thermostat.
The Minister of Defense Peta Hegsetth participates in the PT -us 1st Battalion, 10th group of special forces (Airborne), a Battalion of the US Army special forces based in Stuttgart, Germany. (Defsec hegsetth on x)
“There are a lot of places where we want a sharp eye of Doge, but we will do so in coordination,” he added, pointing to potential changes in weapons procurement programs. “We will not do things that are at the expense of American operational or tactical abilities … President Trump is dedicated to providing the best possible army.”
“The Ministry of Defense is not USAID,” Hegsetth said. “USAID had a lot of problems I talked about with the troops – implementing globalist programs that don’t have a connection with America first. It’s not a defense department. But we’re not perfect either. So where we can find billions of dollars, and it’s right to say billions inside the department For defense, every dollar we save, there is a dollar that goes to warriors.
Hegsetth also asked if US forces plan to move from Europe to an Indo-Pacific to focus on a Chinese threat.
“There are no plans at the moment to cut anything,” Hegsetth said. “There is an understanding that we will review the holding of force around the world.”
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“The assumptions for the planning of President Trump are different in many ways or at least strategic assumptions from Joe Biden,” he said. “We certainly do not want a plan on the back of withdrawal from Afghanistan. And what happened on October 7th and the war that was liberated in Ukraine. You must manage and mitigate these things by coming with friends in Israel and sharing their defense and a peaceful resolution of conflict in Ukraine.
According to his decision to reverse Biden’s renaming Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg, Hegsetth said: “This means that Bragg returned. That means the legacy of an institution that generations of Americans mobilized and served on their return.”
“I never called him Fort Liberty because it’s not Fort Liberty. It’s Fort Bragg. And so I was honored to have put my signature on it,” Hegseth said. The original namesake from the North Carolina base was General Braxton Bragg, General of the Confederation, but Hegsetth said it would now be a name named after PFC. Roland L. Bragg, a Second World War hero who earned a silver star and a purple heart for his courage during the Battle of Bulge.
