Doge’s initial findings in the Dei Expenditure Defense Department could save $ 80 million, says the agency

He Ministry of Defense I could save up to $ 80 million in wasteful expenses by solving a handful of diversity, equity and inclusion programs (Dei), the agency said Monday.

The Department of Defense has been working with the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) led by Elon Musk to cut the waste spending, said Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell, in a video published on social networks.

Parnell listed some of the initial findings marked by DEGE, a large part of them consisting of millions of dollars granted to support several dei programs, including $ 1.9 million for Dei’s holistic transformation and training in the Air Force and $ 6 million to the University of Montana to “strengthen US democracy for set -up dividences.”

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Elon Musk is celebrating a new survey that discovered that most voters agree that there should be a government agency dedicated to efficiency and that Dege is helping to make large cuts of expenses. (Getty images)

Among the initial findings there were $ 1.6 million for the University of Florida Study the social and institutional detriment of vulnerability in resilience to climatic risks in Africa.

“This is not a central function of our military,” said Parnell. “This is not what we do. This is a distraction of our central mission.”

“We believe that these initial findings will probably save $ 80 million in wasteful expenses,” he added.

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The Department of Defense could save up to $ 80 million in wasteful expenses by solving a handful of diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei) programs, the agency said Monday. (Pentagon: Daniel Slim/AFP through Getty Images/Elon Musk: AP/Jose Luis Magana)

In an effort to gut the expense, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth He directed the Civil Labor Force of the Department of Defense to meet the Dogle de Musk productivity email, listing five things they achieved after they are initially told that they do not respond.

Last week, Hegseth said his agency would work with Doge, who has carried out Treasury reviews, the work, education and health departments, as well as the Office of Financial Protection of the Consumer, the Office of Personnel Management and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

He added that many Dux workers are veteran, and it is “good” that they find deficiencies.

The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth, speaks with the media during his visit to the headquarters of the European Command of the United States and the Africa Command in the Africa Command in Kelly Barracks at Stuttgart Germany, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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“They care as us, to find layoffs and identify the last vestiges of Biden’s priorities: Dei, awakening, climate change Bs, that is not essential for our mission, and we will get rid of everything,” Hegseth said.

Dege has been the subject of scrutiny, and some defendants Donald Trump to give Musk too much margin and access to confidential data.