At a hearing, Navy veteran Mikie Sherrill lists the costs: about $400 million to retrofit the Qatari jet as Air Force One, upwards of $40 million for the DC parade, about $1 billion for the Yemen bombing campaign, and tens of millions for operations in LA. She asks "Mr. Secretary" what priorities were cut to pay for it. Hegseth brings up the southern border and "trade-offs" but names no cuts.
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- Mikie Sherrill
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- hearing (committee not named)
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Retrofitting the Qatari jet to serve as Air Force One will cost about $400 million. The parade in DC this weekend will cost upwards of $40 million. Your bombing campaign in Yemen cost about $1 billion, and a week later they were having missile strikes in Israel. Your operations in LA will cost tens of millions of dollars, and you claim to be cutting cost at the Pentagon, but all I see are wasted dollars better spent addressing our most pressing threats like China. So Mr. Secretary, what priorities have you cut funding for to pay for these projects? Ma 'am, I would just say your list left off securing the southern border. So Mr. Secretary, what priorities have you cut funding for to pay for these projects? We make trade -offs every day and I would imagine what we want to spend on is quite different than what the previous administration did. I think the American... Made those changes quickly, and they're reflected in this budget, and we're very proud of them.
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