Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.
The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be informed of the results of the so-called budget relook — which called for an internal realignment of 8 percent of the Defense Department’s budget — as the president’s spending request is made public in the coming weeks.
Obtained by CQ Roll Call on Wednesday, the letter came after Rogers and ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., last month asked the military service chiefs to identify infrastructure, programs and processes “that are no longer a priority” for their branch “and could be divested, right sized, or made more efficient.”
