Pete Hegseth: “It is an unrealistic objective that Ukraine will return to its borders before Russia first invaded in 2014.”

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

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.

Rest assured that every dollar appropriated to the Department of War will be focused on building the lethality of our joint force, and reinforcing peace through strength.

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.