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Budget

Bipartisan Policy Center: Sequester’s Impact to Industry Will Grow Worse Each Year

Mai Hanoon

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

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If sequestration is allowed to continue, the Defense Department will have troops with a good benefits package but a shortage of equipment and vehicles to support them in operations, potentially leading to consolidations in the defense industry without enough work to support smaller suppliers, the Bipartisan Policy Center warned. The organization released a report, “From Merely Stupid to Dangerous: The Sequester’s Effects on National and Economic Security,” on Oct. 11, with budget analysis predicting that even though the effects of…

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Army

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