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Defense and National Security Spending Potential Source of DOGE Savings

Defense and National Security Spending Potential Source of DOGE Savings
The new Department of War logo is seen inside the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 8, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Matt Mowers
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Elon Musk may have departed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, months ago, but the Tesla and SpaceX innovator’s radical government reform initiative still has much work to do to achieve its laudable and long overdue cost-cutting mission to create $2 trillion in savings for the American people.

Matt Mowers
Matt Mowers
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Matt Mowers is a former diplomat, senior White House advisor at the U.S. Department of State, and senior official on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.