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Pentagon Gearing Up Once Again To Fight Sequestration

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Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

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Pentagon Gearing Up Once Again To Fight Sequestration

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel previews the fiscal year 2015 budget request on Feb. 24 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.

Pentagon leaders are preparing to mount an assault on the possible full return of draconian spending cuts known as sequestration as they near plans to unveil the defense budget request for fiscal 2016, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.With the budget roll-out expected to take place Feb. 2, Hagel said the top officials and officers will subsequently be going to Capitol Hill for budget hearings and will make the case to lawmakers that a full return of sequestration would devastate…

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