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DoD Brass: Short-Term Cuts Should Be Reversible

Julie Samuel

Friday, February 8th, 2013

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Pentagon leaders told Democrats yesterday that actions the military is taking now to soften the blow of potential budget cuts scheduled for next month could be reversed if politicians agree to stop the spending reductions. As the March 1 start date of the politically unpopular defense “sequestration” cuts of $500 billion nears, Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sought assurances from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey that…

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