Ellie Cook and John Feng
Senior Republicans have said they are "very concerned" about reported Pentagon discussions on widespread changes to the U.S. military structure and footprint abroad, as extensive government cuts start to reach the Department of Defense.
Why It Matters
The U.S. has the West's most powerful military, and a global footprint to both support its allies and to deter its adversaries in different regions.
But the Trump administration has turned away from Europe, where the U.S. military has tens of thousands of personnel stationed, and looked toward how it will contend with the challenge posed by an ascendant China.
There are also growing concerns among current and former military figures and experts about how senior White House officials have thawed relations with Russia and purged several of the highest-ranking U.S. military figures, including the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last month that the Pentagon would be leaning heavily on tech billionaire-turned-presidential aide Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to "find fraud, waste and abuse in the largest discretionary budget in the federal government."
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