Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark: New Defense Secretary Hegseth Faces ‘Steep Learning Curve’
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CLARK: "There‘s a whole lot of legal stuff on this. And of course, the budget. Now, Senator Roger Wicker, who‘s the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wants to double the defense budget. So what‘s that money going to go into? How quickly can we get it in there? What about the strength of the armed forces and recruiting? The army‘s down to 435, it‘s the lowest it‘s been. We know it‘s hard stretched to cover Asia and Europe and whatever‘s going to be required in Central America and on the border. So we‘ve got multiple problems here. He‘s going to have some able assistance not only from the uniform but from the service secretaries and the deputy secretary of defense. But it‘s going to be a very steep learning curve. It‘s going to be tough."
