Hegseth set to meet lawmakers on Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget ask

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to head to Capitol Hill next week to meet with top House and Senate lawmakers and hash out the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget.

Hegseth will meet Monday with the so-called “big eight,” the top Republicans and Democrats on the Armed Services and Defense Appropriations committees, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) told the Hill…

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