Terry Gerton Let’s talk about clean audits in DoD. Secretary Hegseth, in his testimony regarding the 2026 DoD budget, said he was committed to getting a clean audit in 2028. How is this administration taking on that challenge?
Rich Brady Well, first, this administration has been very consistent throughout the importance of a clean audit. In my first conversations with senior officials in the department, they said that a clean audit opinion was the number one priority, and it was far above all other priorities. I would say, second, that a lot of the senior officials coming into the department are coming from the private sector, and in the private sector, if you don’t have a clean audit opinion, somebody’s getting fired. So they came in looking around saying, wait, why don’t we…
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