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DoD Leaders Deliver Sequester Predictions To Hill

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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Pentagon leaders and senators lamented the impact potential “sequestration” budget reductions would have on the defense industry yesterday, as Democrats and Republicans continued to clash over proposals to stop the cuts. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) he no longer believes politicians will find a way to avert the decade-long sequestration cuts. The $1.2 trillion package of politically unpopular spending cuts, $500 billion of which would come from the Pentagon, is slated to start…

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