Pentagon ‘takes sledgehammer’ to oldest DEI program

The US Department of War will review its contracts with small businesses run by “socially and economically disadvantaged” people

The Pentagon will review all contracts worth over $20 million which it signed with small businesses under the 8A program, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced. Most of the firms operate as shell companies which funnel money to major consulting groups, he claimed.

Hegseth announced the audit on Saturday, stating that it will begin immediately.