Secretary Pete Hegseth made a few stops in Texas on Monday as part of the War Department's "Arsenal of Freedom Tour," a month-long multistate campaign to promote the department's priority of rebuilding and strengthening the U.S. military.
'We are done running a peacetime science fair while our potential adversaries are running a wartime arms race.'
Hegseth delivered the oath of enlistment to Navy recruits in Irving and spoke to defense industry leaders at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. He told the defense contractor's employees that the U.S. military would no longer promote far-left ideology like diversity, equity, and inclusion.
"No more DEI. No more dudes in dresses," Hegseth stated, receiving applause from the crowd.
"No more climate change worship and social justice and political correctness — we're done with that," he continued. "We're unleashing the warfighter to be ready, trained, disciplined, accountable, and lethal."
Hegseth also delivered remarks at SpaceX, alongside the company's founder, Elon Musk.
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Before inviting Hegseth to the stage, Musk kicked off the event by outlining SpaceX's purpose.
"We want to make 'Star Trek' real ... so that it's not always science fiction, but one day, the 'science fiction' turns to 'science fact,'" Musk said.
During his speech at Starbase, Hegseth shared how the Trump administration's Department of War is dismantling bureaucracy and prioritizing military innovation.
"What you have built and what you will build here is a testament to the strength of American ingenuity and American invention," Hegseth told SpaceX staff.
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He blamed the consolidation of the Defense Industrial Base following the end of the Cold War for making it nearly impossible for new creators to secure business with the War Department.
"The result is a risk-averse culture that prevents us from providing our warfighters with the best resources that America has to offer. That ends today," Hegseth declared. "We are done running a peacetime science fair while our potential adversaries are running a wartime arms race."
The secretary also announced that xAI's Grok would join the department’s GenAI.mil, a platform that integrates frontier artificial intelligence capabilities. The War Department announced the integration of Google Cloud’s Gemini in early December.
"For too long, Pentagon bureaucracy has hindered the speed and might of our manufacturing base, obstructing innovation and warfare solutions from companies like SpaceX and Lockheed Martin. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, we are unleashing the full power of our Defense Industrial Base to advance our Peace Through Strength agenda," read a War Department press release announcing Hegseth's Texas trip.
"These engagements underscore the urgent priority of this administration: ensuring our warfighters have the cutting-edge, American-made equipment they need to dominate any battlefield. American manufacturing is back," it added.
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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Microsoft will introduce significant changes to prevent American consumers from facing increased utility bills resulting from the company's data center construction for AI operations. The President wrote that tech giants must "pay their own way" to power their data centers.
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A former member of the Donald Trump administration is set to take over Meta as president and vice chairman.
The appointment means an official from the president's first administration will now be in charge of the massive social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
'She is a fantastic, and very talented, person, who served the Trump Administration with strength and distinction!'
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta announced on Monday that it has called on 52-year-old Dina Powell McCormick to take the lead at the company. Powell McCormick served as Trump's deputy national security adviser for strategy from March 2017 to January 2018.
Powell McCormick was married to Richard Powell, a public relations and communications executive, but is now married to Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Penn.). Powell McCormick's maiden name is Habib; she was born in Egypt and speaks Arabic.
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Powell McCormick was once referred to as Trump's "Ms. Fix It," and according to The Hill, informally advised Ivanka Trump during the transition period for Trump's first term. She had previously worked as a senior White House adviser in the George W. Bush administration, was director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office from 2003 to 2005, and served as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs in mid-2007.
Powell McCormick worked for Goldman Sachs for 16 years as a partner in senior leadership roles, according to Variety, after which she became vice chair, president, and head of global client services at BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank.
In addition, Powell McCormick is a fellow at Harvard, where she served as a teacher at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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President Trump praised the executive's appointment in a post to Truth Social, calling Powell McCormick a "great choice" by Zuckerberg.
"She is a fantastic, and very talented, person, who served the Trump Administration with strength and distinction!" Trump wrote.
At the same time, Zuckerberg said the new president brings experience in finance, economic development, and government.
"She'll be involved in all of Meta's work, with a particular focus on partnering with governments and sovereigns to build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta's AI and infrastructure," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.
The Facebook founder also said that he and Powell McCormick will "deliver personal superintelligence" that will benefit billions of people.
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