Pete Hegseth: “It's unrealistic for Ukraine to expect NATO membership.”

Training right now and training in the future that would have to be curtailed if we do not get our budget needs met, and met urgently.

Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody.

Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls that threaten our ability to also simply pay our service members, rapidly replenish equipment and munitions, and sustain vital operations without disruption.

I honored the Iowa soldiers killed in Kuwait, while saying the U.S.-Iran conflict was necessary to keep Americans safe.