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Budget

Fox: Full Sequester Would Leave Military Incapable of Responding to Overseas Contingencies

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

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Fox: Full Sequester Would Leave Military Incapable of Responding to Overseas Contingencies

If the military is forced to abide by the full sequestration cuts from fiscal years 2016 to 2019 as is currently mandated by law, it would not be able to uphold the basic principles of the Defense Strategic Guidance from 2012, the acting deputy defense secretary said Wednesday morning. After previously focusing its efforts on lobbying against full sequestration, the Defense Department finally calculated what full sequestration would do to each service and to the joint warfighting force, Christine Fox…

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