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Hale Examines Ways To Work With CR, Sequestration Limits

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

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The temporary six-month budget the Pentagon will operate under starting Oct. 1 will cause serious problems, spurring officials to examine ways to work around its legal restrictions, the Pentagon’s top finance executive said yesterday. The Senate passed a temporary six-month government budget for fiscal year 2013 early Saturday morning, before Congress recessed for six weeks, and sent it to President Barack Obama for his expected signature this week. The so-called continuing resolution (CR) gives the Pentagon for six months the…

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