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Hegseth and Caine face congressional committees over $1.5T Pentagon budget request
source: United States Department of Defense -> target: House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees
On 2026-05-12, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine appeared before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees in Washington, D.C., to present the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request. Hegseth described the request as a "historic budget" and said it reflected the "urgency of the moment."
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