Secretary Hegseth accused bipartisan leaders of drifting the US into endless wars during a keynote speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday and called President Trump the true heir of the "peace through strength" doctrine. He also predicted defense spending as a share of GDP would rise, the military would equip soldiers with AI-enabled tools, and answered that he doesn't live with regrets when asked about his use of Signal ahead of combat operations in Yemen.

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