Pentagon Identifies $80 Million in Potential Budget Cuts with Musk's DOGE Team

The Department of Defense announced initial findings of wasteful spending, focusing on non-military programs, as part of its collaboration with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has identified $80 million in potential budget cuts, targeting programs deemed non-essential to military operations.
The cuts include funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, such as $1.9 million for Air Force DEI training and $3.5 million for DEI support groups.
Other flagged expenditures include $6 million to the University of Montana for democracy-related research and $1.6 million to the University of Florida for climate resilience studies in Africa.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DOD spokesperson Sean Parnell emphasized these programs as distractions from the military's core mission.
This is the first phase of a broader review conducted with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to identify further wasteful spending in the coming weeks.