{"id":837585,"date":"2025-03-29T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/pentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:12:56","slug":"pentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/pentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n    <main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<header>\n<p><h4>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/section\/white-house\/\"><br \/>\n        White House<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n        Congress will have to wait to learn more about Defense Department&#8217;s efficiency efforts<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"post-778528\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PERBC_024_082919-1.jpg\"  alt=\"Aerial view of the Pentagon building.\" ><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption>Aerial view of the Pentagon building. (<span>Bill Clark\/CQ Roll Call file photo<\/span>)  <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Posted March 13, 2025 at 12:32pm<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fpentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 20\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Facebook<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M8.4 3.5c-.4 0-.8.4-.8 1.1v2.2h3.9v3.3h-4v9.8H3.8v-9.7H.5V6.9h3.3V5c0-2.8 2-4.9 4.6-4.9h3.1v3.4H8.4z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=Pentagon%20to%20unveil%20cuts%20alongside%20fiscal%202026%20budget%20request&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fpentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 23 18\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Twitter<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M19.8 4.5v.6c0 6-4.6 12.9-12.9 12.9-2.6 0-4.9-.8-6.9-2 .4 0 .7.1 1.1.1 2.1 0 4.1-.7 5.6-1.9-2 0-3.7-1.3-4.2-3.1.2-.1.5-.1.8-.1.4 0 .8-.1 1.2-.2C2.4 10.4.9 8.6.9 6.4v-.1c.6.3 1.3.5 2.1.6-1.2-.8-2-2.2-2-3.8 0-.8.2-1.6.6-2.3 2.2 2.7 5.6 4.5 9.3 4.7-.1-.3-.1-.7-.1-1 0-2.5 2-4.5 4.5-4.5 1.3 0 2.5.5 3.3 1.4 1-.2 2-.6 2.9-1.1-.3 1.1-1.1 1.9-2 2.5.9-.1 1.8-.4 2.6-.7-.7 1-1.4 1.8-2.3 2.4z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/rollcall.com\/mailto:?subject=Pentagon%20to%20unveil%20cuts%20alongside%20fiscal%202026%20budget%20request&#038;body=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fpentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 19 15\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Email<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M16.624.202H2.557c-1.207 0-2.19.943-2.19 2.102v9.805c0 1.159.983 2.102 2.19 2.102h14.067c1.207 0 2.189-.943 2.189-2.102V2.304c0-1.16-.982-2.102-2.19-2.102zm.333 3.398v8.509c0 .13-.156.246-.333.246H2.557c-.177 0-.333-.115-.333-.246V3.6l6.362 5.372c.13.11.296.17.467.17h1.074c.171 0 .337-.06.468-.17L16.957 3.6zm-1.179-1.542L9.59 7.299 3.403 2.058h12.375z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?title=Pentagon%20to%20unveil%20cuts%20alongside%20fiscal%202026%20budget%20request&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fpentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 22 19\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Reddit<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M12.458.042l4.295.798h.001l.074-.118c.262-.382.69-.644 1.188-.67a1.542 1.542 0 0 1 .158 3.077 1.543 1.543 0 0 1-1.604-1.32l-.013-.14.004-.086-3.564-.662-1.452 4.965.416.019c2.208.129 4.202.762 5.72 1.733a2.42 2.42 0 0 1 1.606-.608 2.44 2.44 0 0 1 2.437 2.437c0 .845-.44 1.623-1.153 2.066.04.237.062.477.062.72 0 3.518-4.265 6.381-9.507 6.381-5.243 0-9.508-2.863-9.508-6.38 0-.252.024-.498.067-.741A2.438 2.438 0 0 1 .564 9.467 2.44 2.44 0 0 1 3 7.03c.592 0 1.149.21 1.592.594 1.524-.97 3.524-1.599 5.737-1.722l.418-.017 1.71-5.843zm1.647 14.604c-.008.009-.92.906-2.996.906-1.787 0-2.635-.664-2.833-.846l-.024-.022-.022-.023a.383.383 0 0 0-.58.5c.04.048 1.017 1.157 3.459 1.157 2.249 0 3.337-.938 3.521-1.114l.027-.027a.382.382 0 0 0-.552-.53zm.254-5.017a1.498 1.498 0 1 0 0 2.995 1.498 1.498 0 0 0 0-2.995zm-6.253 0a1.498 1.498 0 1 0-.001 2.995 1.498 1.498 0 0 0 0-2.995z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25560526-scanned-from-a-xerox-multifunction-printer\/\">letter<\/a>, addressed to House Armed Services\u00a0Chair Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala.,\u00a0and dated March 5, states that Congress will be informed of the results of the so-called budget relook \u2014 which called for an internal realignment of 8 percent of the Defense Department\u2019s budget \u2014 as the president\u2019s spending request is made public in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Obtained by CQ Roll Call on Wednesday, the letter came after Rogers\u00a0and ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., last month asked the military service chiefs to identify infrastructure, programs and processes \u201cthat are no longer a priority\u201d for their branch \u201cand could be divested, right sized, or made more efficient.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to eliminating waste, reforming our acquisition processes, and ensuring each dollar within the defense budget is spent wisely,\u201d Rogers and Smith wrote in their Feb. 14 missives. \u201cWe have a unique opportunity at this time to make quantifiable progress toward these goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But rather than each service chief responding with a list of their low-priority initiatives, Dane Hughes, the acting assistant secretary of Defense for legislative affairs, opted to weigh in \u201con behalf of the Department,\u201d his letter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hughes noted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously tasked senior department leaders, combatant commanders and others to review the fiscal 2026 budget estimates, with an intent \u201cto reallocate resources away from low-impact areas, such as DEI and climate change programs, to capabilities focused on lethality and readiness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The line is a reference to Hegseth\u2019s Feb. 18 memo seeking a list of recommended reductions to the budgets for each of the next five fiscal years. The request is tied to the department\u2019s development of a list of \u201coffsets\u201d that Robert G. Salesses, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon\u2019s deputy secretary, said in a mid-February statement \u201care targeted at 8 percent of the Biden Administration\u2019s FY26 budget, totaling around $50 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear yet which capabilities or accounts could be caught up in the DOD review or the Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s\u00a0assessment of the Pentagon, which is underway as the\u00a0entity\u00a0spearheaded by Elon Musk looks for fraud and waste in federal departments and agencies. Hegseth\u2019s memo exempted 17 categories of programs from consideration, including operations at the U.S. southern border, Virginia-class attack submarines, missile defense, munitions, one-way attack drones and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rogers\u2019 and Smith\u2019s letters were an early sign that finding efficiencies within the military is shaping up to be a clear priority for them as they begin assembling the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two previously touted the value of spending dollars \u201csmarter\u201d and overhauling the way capabilities are purchased and fielded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n    Recent Stories<br \/>\n  <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <\/main>\n  <\/div>\n<p> Bong Fetzer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/03\/13\/pentagon-to-unveil-cuts-alongside-fiscal-2026-budget-request\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Congress will have to wait to learn more about Defense Department&#8217;s efficiency efforts Aerial view of the Pentagon building. 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