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Comment by Pete Hegseth

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U.S. Secretary of Defense
responsible AI at the War Department means objectively truthful AI capabilities employed securely and within the laws governing the activities of the department.
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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The source URL reproduces it and attributes it to Hegseth: “As stated by Secretary Hegseth in his January 12 speech, ‘responsible AI at the War Department means objectively truthful AI capabilities employed securely and within the laws governing the activities of the department.’” ([insidegovernmentcontracts.com](https://www.insidegovernmentcontracts.com/2026/02/pentagon-releases-artificial-intelligence-strategy/)) An official U.S. Department of War transcript of Hegseth’s Jan. 12, 2026 remarks at SpaceX contains the same wording, with only the prefatory words “Effective immediately,” before the quoted text: “Effective immediately, responsible AI at the War Department means objectively truthful AI capabilities employed securely and within the laws governing the activities of the department.” ([war.gov](https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4377190/remarks-by-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-at-spacex/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Checked: (1) Year 2026 is correct — the quote is from Secretary Hegseth's January 12, 2026 remarks accompanying the Pentagon's new AI ("Department of War") strategy. (2) Relevancy: on-topic for statement 411 about promoting responsible use of AI in defense policy. (3) Author attribution: confirmed — Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense/War. Web search confirmed the verbatim quote: "responsible AI at the War Department means objectively truthful AI capabilities employed securely and within the laws governing the activities of the department." (4) Vote alignment: Hegseth voted "for"; he is articulating his definition of responsible AI in defense and supports its use, so "for" is correct (his notion of "responsible" differs from e.g. HRW's, but the supportive stance matches the statement). (5) Source: insidegovernmentcontracts.com (Feb 2026) is a secondary source that accurately reproduces the quote; WebFetch returned HTTP 403, but web search surfaced this exact page and confirmed the quoted text. Kept the existing source as it does contain the quote. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 7d ago
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