Secretary of War Pete Hegseth began a month‑long “Arsenal of Freedom” tour in Newport News, Virginia, to highlight the nation’s defense industrial base. The tour, aimed at rebuilding the military, will take the Secretary from coastal shipyards to inland factories, meeting with shipyard workers and other defense industrial base partners. Hegseth said a strong defense arsenal is essential to protecting U.S. freedoms and called for a new industrial renaissance that rejects delays, cost overruns, and slow contracting practices. He urged competition and rapid deployment of cutting‑edge technologies, and noted that the Pentagon is investing to deliver capabilities faster than in any era since World War II. The tour also included Hegseth administering enlistment oaths to 30 new recruits at a nearby recruiting station.
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