1 00:00:00,639 --> 00:00:02,639 All right , we're back with another 2 00:00:02,639 --> 00:00:04,639 update on cutting wasteful spending 3 00:00:04,639 --> 00:00:07,070 here at DOD , and this one is , as they 4 00:00:07,070 --> 00:00:09,350 say , a big one . This is a big day . 5 00:00:09,430 --> 00:00:11,550 We're signing a memo right now 6 00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:15,100 directing the termination of 5.1 7 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,040 billion in DOD contracts , not million , 8 00:00:18,149 --> 00:00:21,620 that's with a B , 5.1 billion in DOD 9 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:23,829 contracts for ancillary things like 10 00:00:23,829 --> 00:00:26,069 consulting and other non-essential 11 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:28,340 services . So here's a few , uh , 12 00:00:28,639 --> 00:00:31,110 examples DHA contracts for consulting 13 00:00:31,110 --> 00:00:33,166 services from Accenture , Deloitte , 14 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,332 Booz Allen , and other firms . They're 15 00:00:35,332 --> 00:00:38,740 gonna save the department . $1.8 16 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:40,979 billion . Uh , how about a software 17 00:00:40,979 --> 00:00:44,459 reseller contract , uh , for enterprise 18 00:00:44,459 --> 00:00:47,360 cloud IT services saving the department 19 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:51,580 $1.4 billion a $500 20 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:53,650 million Navy contract for business 21 00:00:53,650 --> 00:00:55,970 process consulting again , process , 22 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:58,347 lots of process , lots of consultant , 23 00:00:58,419 --> 00:01:00,586 uh , for administrative offices in the 24 00:01:00,586 --> 00:01:02,641 Bureau of Medicine . By the way , we 25 00:01:02,641 --> 00:01:04,586 need this money to spend on better 26 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:06,641 health care for our war fighters and 27 00:01:06,641 --> 00:01:08,808 their families instead of $500 an hour 28 00:01:08,808 --> 00:01:10,975 business process consultant . That's a 29 00:01:10,975 --> 00:01:13,030 lot of consulting . How about this a 30 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:15,089 DARPA contract for IT help desk 31 00:01:15,089 --> 00:01:17,209 services that are completely 32 00:01:17,209 --> 00:01:19,720 duplicative with services already 33 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,942 provided by our DISA workforce , saving 34 00:01:21,942 --> 00:01:25,239 the department , another $500 million . 35 00:01:25,769 --> 00:01:28,330 We're also terminating uh on the on the 36 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:31,769 DEI front . 11 more contracts for 37 00:01:31,769 --> 00:01:35,169 DEI climate COVID-19 response and 38 00:01:35,169 --> 00:01:37,440 related nonsential activities across 39 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,496 the department . We are committed to 40 00:01:39,496 --> 00:01:41,769 rooting out DEI root and branch 41 00:01:41,769 --> 00:01:43,769 throughout this department , and we 42 00:01:43,769 --> 00:01:45,769 found 11 more contracts we're gonna 43 00:01:45,769 --> 00:01:48,300 keep looking . So that's 5.1 billion in 44 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:50,522 DOD contracts we're getting rid of . On 45 00:01:50,522 --> 00:01:52,400 top of that , in support of the 46 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,567 president's priorities to stop federal 47 00:01:54,567 --> 00:01:56,733 funding for academic institutions that 48 00:01:56,733 --> 00:01:58,678 tolerate anti-Semitism and support 49 00:01:58,678 --> 00:02:01,559 divisive DEI programs , this week , DOD 50 00:02:01,559 --> 00:02:05,160 is also pausing over $500 million in 51 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,800 funding to Northwestern University and 52 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,149 Cornell University . And that's on top 53 00:02:10,149 --> 00:02:12,339 of the $70 million in funding we've 54 00:02:12,339 --> 00:02:14,589 already paused at Columbia , Penn , 55 00:02:14,940 --> 00:02:18,110 Brown , and Princeton over the last few 56 00:02:18,110 --> 00:02:20,339 weeks as if any of these institutions 57 00:02:20,339 --> 00:02:23,419 need more government money at all . So 58 00:02:23,419 --> 00:02:25,752 for your , you're keeping score at home , 59 00:02:25,752 --> 00:02:27,975 today's cuts bring our running total to 60 00:02:27,975 --> 00:02:31,740 nearly $6 billion in wasteful spending 61 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:35,539 over the 1st 6 weeks of the DOD Doge 62 00:02:35,539 --> 00:02:38,089 effort . Here at the Defense Department , 63 00:02:38,179 --> 00:02:40,179 their job is to go out and find the 64 00:02:40,179 --> 00:02:42,290 stuff that we can get rid of and then 65 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:46,059 flow back into drive back back into war 66 00:02:46,059 --> 00:02:47,948 fighting capabilities here at the 67 00:02:47,948 --> 00:02:49,892 Defense Department . So we want to 68 00:02:49,892 --> 00:02:52,059 thank our friends at Doge . We want to 69 00:02:52,059 --> 00:02:51,660 thank all the folks here that have 70 00:02:51,660 --> 00:02:54,940 helped us unpack this , reveal it , uh , 71 00:02:54,979 --> 00:02:57,201 and we're excited to make these cuts on 72 00:02:57,201 --> 00:02:59,423 behalf of you , the taxpayer , uh , and 73 00:02:59,423 --> 00:03:01,757 the war fighters here at the department . 74 00:03:01,757 --> 00:03:00,889 Thanks .