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WATCH: Sen. Kelly questions Hegseth on how $1.5 trillion budget request would be used
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5:50Now PlayingSen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the department’s $1.5 trillion budget request on Thursday in a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“I'm just trying to understand, you know where is all this money going to go, and if you've figured out ahead of time, what do you want to spend this on?” Kelly asked.
Hegseth responded that the budget request came from a “highly rigorous process throughout our department” to “ensure the budget reflects the realities of the world we live in and the capabilities of the world we’re going to need.”
Hegseth and Caine were invited to testify on President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget request to increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion – the largest proposed amount in decades.
On Wednesday, the defense leaders appeared before House lawmakers, who questioned the defense leaders for the first time since the start of the war on Iran. Hegseth sparred with Democrats on the costs of the war and its ripple effects on Americans and the economy.
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