Pete Hegseth to visit Newport News Monday, highlight U.S. defense

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Pentagon’s top official, Pete Hegseth, will visit Newport News Shipbuilding on Monday as part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is a Newport News-based major defense contractor and the largest military shipbuilder in the United States.

A press release from Hegseth’s office said he will visit a shipyard and also a recruiting station while in Newport News. He will also administer the oath of enlistment to new recruits…

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