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Levin: Hill Should Reduce DoD Sequester Cuts, And Soon

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

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A Senate leader on defense matters said yesterday Congress should begin the process of undoing $487 billion in “sequestration” cuts to the Pentagon budget before October, calling for a smaller reduction of $100 billion. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said lawmakers should attempt to boost the public’s confidence that Congress will prevent or reduce the sequestration cuts, which are due to start next January and last for a decade. The politically unpopular reductions, which total $1.2 trillion…

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