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Hegseth Plans to Cut $5 Billion in Contracts After DOGE Review

April 11, 2025, 2:09 AM UTC
Roxana Tiron
Roxana Tiron
Bloomberg News

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the termination of $5.1 billion in contracts for “ancillary things like consulting and other nonessential services,” as part of his partnership with Elon Musk’s government efficiency task force.

The cuts include consulting services from companies such as Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., and Deloitte US serving the Defense Health Agency, which would save $ 1.8 billion, Hegseth said in a video posted on X Thursday evening.

Pete Hegseth
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

A $500 million US Navy contract for business process consulting as well as a $1.4 billion software reseller contract for cloud ...

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