Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon [View all]

By Jennifer Jacobs, Eleanor Watson
Updated on: April 23, 2025 / 4:13 PM EDT / CBS News

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.

"Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration," a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

The renovation that was initially planned was estimated to cost more than $40,000, but the ideas were scaled back, sources said.

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