March 21 (UPI) --Defense ... my Department leadership is undertaking to eliminate wasteful spending on non-essential consulting services, with more to follow in the weeks ahead." The cuts come ...

grants and contracts across the department that it called “wasteful spending,” with a long-stalled software modernization program accounting for almost half of the cuts. Defense Secretary Pete ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday ... Hegseth asserts the programs are “inconsistent with the priorities” of the department and don’t align with President Trump’s priorities. The cuts are ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced ... he said were made with DOGE’s help — brings the department’s running total of cuts to $800 million since the beginning of the Trump administration.