Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has released a video detailing priorities for his department and promising transparency, including explaining the Defense Department’s plans to reinvest $50 billion in Pentagon funds and to push to focus efforts on President Donald Trump’s priorities for national defense.

He said in a video released Thursday through the Department of Defense that the Pentagon’s plans to pull 8%, or roughly $50 billion, from nonlethal programs in its current budget is not a funding cut, but a necessary reinvestment into the military. 

“It’s refocusing and reinvesting funds into building the force that protects you, the American people,” Hegseth said. 

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