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HAC-D Cuts Weapons Funding, Ignores Sequestration

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

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Defense budget-setters in the House want to cut $1.85 billion from the Pentagon’s budget request for developing and buying weapon systems. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released on Tuesday its version of the fiscal year 2014 defense appropriations bill, which it will potentially modify and then approve in a closed markup session Wednesday. The HAC-D, which holds major sway over the Pentagon budget, calls for setting the base defense budget at $512.5 billion, which is $3.4 billion below President…

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