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Repubs Say DoD Shares Blame For Sequester

Julie Samuel

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

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Frustrated Republicans argued yesterday Pentagon officials are partly responsible for the pending “sequestration” budget reductions, because they did not spell out the cuts’ dire consequences until this year. Pentagon leaders including Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter returned to Capitol Hill yesterday for a second day of hearings before pro-military lawmakers to explain the consequences of the unpopular cuts, which are scheduled to start March 1 and tap $500 billion from decade-long defense spending. The tone of yesterday’s hearing, before the…

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