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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum aboard an E-4B Nightwatch aircraft while flying over the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum aboard an E-4B Nightwatch aircraft while flying over the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025.

SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes

Defense

SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum aboard an E-4B Nightwatch aircraft while flying over the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025.

A Friday memo opens a new phase in Hegseth’s hurried effort to shrink the defense workforce.

  • By Bradley Peniston
  • March 31, 2025
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