'We Welcome DOGE': Hegseth Says Musk Can Find Billions of Dollars in Pentagon Cuts
Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin and Rebecca Kheel
Published February 11, 2025 at 3:46pm ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that he believes Elon Musk and his so-called government efficiency team can find "billions of dollars" in savings within the military and he is hopeful that the billionaire will come to the Department of Defense.
"We welcome DOGE to the Pentagon, and I hope to welcome Elon to the Pentagon very soon," Hegseth said Tuesday in Germany, raising concerns that Musk's ongoing and potentially illegal effort to slash and burn the federal government is now taking aim at the country's largest agency and the armed services.
Musk's companies earn billions from Pentagon contracts, and his Department of Government Efficiency staffers -- who have been slapped with court orders after breaching the U.S. Treasury Department and dismantling other agencies -- reportedly include young adults with no government experience and histories of racism and data breaches. A federal judge on Saturday warned that the DOGE Treasury operations risk the disclosure of Americans' sensitive and confidential information.
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