Pete Hegseth: “We’re urging caution about pre-premising entire stories on biased leaks to biased publications trying to make something…”

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.

When will you show leadership and stand up to your fellow Democrats who won’t fund the troop, who play partisan politics while you don’t give us the money? You want to stand up here and talk about the troops?

Current and future training would have to be curtailed if the Pentagon does not get its budget needs met urgently.

The conflict has now cost an estimated $37.5 billion, up from $29 billion in mid-May.