Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (foreign military aggression) orders the cancelation of 580,000,000 “dollars in grants and contracts that he describes as “wasteful spending.”
NOTE: Unfortunately, this amounts to less than 0.0003% of the annual Federal budget deficit. To eliminate deficits Hegseth is going to have to look at the ENTIRE warfare state.
[added 2/1/2026] Thanks to Antiwar.com for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
References:
U.S. Budget Deficit by Year
www.thebalancemoney.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306
Hegseth touts $580M in Pentagon cuts
thehill.com/policy/defense/5206516-pentagon-cancels-wasteful-spending/
Current U.s. National Debt:
