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Air Force

HASC Warns Of Programs Hit By Biggest DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

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A House panel is warning that large Pentagon budget cuts, which could come if lawmakers fail to reach a deficit-cutting plan, would significantly impact funding for maneuver battalions, fighter wings, shipbuilding, long-range strike, and airlift. Staff members on the Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee (HASC) describe in a new eight-page memo what they believe would happen to the Defense Department if a failure in congressional budget-cutting negotiations this year triggers nearly $600 billion in additional defense reductions, on top of…

Congress

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