Pete Hegseth: “When we look across the region today, there is rightful alarm regarding China’s historic military buildup and the…”

What they do in those high seas in those austere conditions with less port calls — it's incredible.

I mean the Biden administration ignored hypersonics. They just decided to pretend like that technology didn’t exist and we shouldn’t invest in it.

This request is an urgent, necessary injection of resources to address the immediate needs of our department.

Training, lethality, accountability, discipline, readiness — the bedrock of what it means to be an American warrior — is the only focus of our department.