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Air Force Planning For ‘Longer-Term’ Budget Uncertainty, Including Sequestration

Friday, January 18th, 2013

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The Air Force is currently planning for “longer-term” budget uncertainty, including potential sequestration in March, two of the service’s leaders wrote Monday. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer and Acting Under Secretary Jamie Morin did not provide specifics on how the service was preparing for long-term uncertainty in their memo to major command leaders, but the two did spell out numerous short-term actions major command leaders should take to reduce the Air Force’s spending, especially in operations…

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