DOGE looks at making cuts at Department of Defense
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such as military operations at the southwestern border, would be exempt from the 8 percent cuts in the defense budget he has ordered for each of the next five years.
Pentagon agencies were told to submit lists of probationary employees after members of Elon Musk’s DOGE arrived, people ...
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) offered President Trump a fiery rebuke late Friday, admonishing the president for the administration’s moves to overhaul the Defense Department, which he says are ...
WASHINGTON − The Defense Department has sent lists of its probationary employees to the Trump administration, according to a senior official, as the Pentagon braces for layoffs that have rocked ...
The Washington Post first reported the memo. “The Department of Defense is conducting this review to ensure we are making the best use of the taxpayers’ dollars in a way that delivers on the ...
His companies have received billions of dollars in government contracts, including at the Defense Department. Musk has led the charge to have DOGE aggressively slash wasteful spending under Trump.
Leaders from across the political spectrum have long criticized waste and inefficiency at the Defense Department. But Democrats and civil service unions have said Musk, the world's richest person ...
SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by a wider dismissal of "redundancies" and ...
Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...
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