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Mai Hanoon

Monday, October 7th, 2013

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No End In Sight. SASC canceled its Oct. 8 hearing to discuss the impact of sequestration on the services, as the government shutdown drags on. HASC continued with its work during the first few days of the shutdown, holding a hearing on how sequestration is affecting the Army and Marine Corps' retrograde and reset from Afghanistan. A HASC staffer says that the committee hopes to continue with business as usual during the shutdown, pending the availability of witnesses scheduled to testify, though…

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