Pete Hegseth: “We hope it doesn't have to go in that direction.”

We are committed in working with Congress to get $1.5 trillion. But this is not the same way we’ve funded our department in the past.

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.

the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic's models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic