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Sec. Hegseth: DOD Climate Programs Ripe For Cuts, Military Should Focus On War-Fighting
« on: February 18, 2025, 07:35:43 am »
Sec. Hegseth: DOD Climate Programs Ripe For Cuts, Military Should Focus On War-Fighting
by Morgan Sweeney  Feb 17, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pinpointed climate change programs as a potential place for the Department of Government Efficiency to cut Department of Defense spending while traveling in Germany this week. [emphasis, links added]


Hegseth ultimately hopes the U.S. will increase its defense budget as he claims the Biden administration “underinvested” in the American military, but things like DOD climate change programs are ripe for cuts, according to the secretary.

“The Defense Department is not in the business of climate change, solving the global thermostat. We’re in the business of deterring and winning wars,” Hegseth told reporters Tuesday. “Things like that, we want to look for and find efficiencies.”

President Joe Biden ramped up efforts across the federal government to combat climate change.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/sec-hegseth-dod-climate-programs-ripe-for-cuts-military-should-focus-on-war-fighting/
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Re: Sec. Hegseth: DOD Climate Programs Ripe For Cuts, Military Should Focus On War-Fighting
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2025, 10:02:07 am »
Climate change
DEI
Trans stuff
Alternative "green" fuels
Electric tanks
etc.

There is a lot of BS that needs to be cut, and that funding shifted to actual warfighting capability enhancement, be it equipment or training or both.
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