Hegseth: Defense Department must return to long-term planning against strategic adversaries

Autocracies like China and Russia have at least one advantage the United States does not, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday in a Pentagon town hall: They can make plans far into the future to change the global balance of power in their favor. It’s time for the United States, and particularly the Defense Department, to do the same, he said.“They have the convenience of planning without…the pesky people problem of voting in ballots. They can plan 15, 20 years and t