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DOGE Missing Mark And Opportunity, HASC Ranking Member Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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DOGE Missing Mark And Opportunity, HASC Ranking Member Says

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee

Random firings combined with no clear direction from the Trump administration’s fledgling government efficiency effort so far are not unlocking new and better ways of doing business at the Defense Department, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said on Wednesday. Firings of more than 5,400 relatively new DoD employees that began this week do not address workforce performance issues and miss the mark on determining the talent needs of the department, Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.) said…

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