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SECDEF Mattis: Sequester More Damaging To Military Than Enemy Fire

Monday, June 12th, 2017

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SECDEF Mattis: Sequester More Damaging To Military Than Enemy Fire

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)

During 16 years of war, no enemy ambush or roadside bomb has more gravely injured the U.S. military than the law that has since 2011 threatened to slash its budget, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on June 12.“For all the heartache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of our military than sequestration,” Mattis said. He and Chairman of…

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