OAN Staff Blake Wolf
10:43 AM – Friday, April 11, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly approved $5.1 billion in cuts to the Department of Defense (DoD) after terminating multiple “nonessential” contracts.
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In a memo released on Thursday, Hegseth argued that the contracts “represent non-essential spending on third party consultants.”
“These terminations represent $5.1 billion in wasteful spending,” Hegseth explained, going on to suggest that the cuts will result in “nearly $4 billion in estimated savings.”
The cuts were largely focused on a Defense Health Agency contract for consulting services from Accenture, Booz Allen, Deloitte, along with other firms.
Additionally, an Air Force contract with Accenture reselling third-party enterprise cloud IT services was slashed as well, along with a Navy contract for “business consulting,” and a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s contract for IT helpdesk services.
“We need this money to spend on better healthcare for our warfighters and their families, instead of $500 an hour business process consultant,” Hegseth stated. “That’s a lot of consulting.”
Hegseth also revealed that the Pentagon is cutting 11 contracts pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), climate change initiates, and COVID-19.
“If you’re keeping score at home, today’s cuts bring our running total to nearly $6 billion in wasteful spending over the first six weeks of the Department of Government Efficiency effort here at the Defense Department,” Hegseth added.
Meanwhile, Hegseth has also ordered the Pentagon’s chief information officer to collaborate with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the next 30 days — introducing additional cuts while in-sourcing the Defense Department’s information technology consulting services.
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