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Air Force to SASC: Possible Sequestration Would Cut $29 Billion from FY ’20 Budget

Air Force to SASC: Possible Sequestration Would Cut $29 Billion from FY ’20 Budget
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee April 4, 2019. Screenshot: Defense Department

As lawmakers on the Hill sound alarms about the possibility of entering fiscal year 2020 with a continuing resolution – or worse, sequestration – Air Force leadership said April 4 that $29 billion is at stake should the 2011 Budget Control Act spending cap levels return. A return to sequestration levels would cause four times the amount of damage to the Air Force as in fiscal year 2013, Secretary Heather Wilson told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Thursday on…

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