Pete Hegseth: “We also face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core…”

Standalone Article II authorities exist for us to conduct this operation on behalf of the defense of the American people.

Shame on you and others who call this a quagmire and a failure, and then you want to turn around and say you support the warfighter. Either you do or you don't.

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

Without extra money from Congress, the department would face critical shortfalls that threaten our ability to pay our service members, rapidly replenish equipment and munitions, and sustain vital operations without disruption.