Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency to audit the Department of Defense.
"We know in a world where America's $37 trillion in debt, resources will not be unlimited, so every dollar we can find that isn't being spent wisely is one we can put toward a warfighter, so we welcome DOGE at DOD," Hegseth told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
"We will partner with them, and it's long overdue. The Defense Department's got a huge budget, but it needs to be responsible."
At the start of the interview with host Maria Bartiromo, Hegseth said, "American taxpayers deserve to know exactly how and where their money is spent.
"The fact that I have to commit, Maria, to an audit being done in four years is bad enough. The Pentagon should be able to pass a budget right now," he added.
The Hill reported in November that the Pentagon failed its seventh audit in a row, failing to account for its $824 billion budget.
Hegseth went on to add, "We need to know when we spend dollars, we need to know where they're going and why that simple accounting and that has not existed at the Defense Department. We're going to fix that."
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