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Senate Prepares To Debate CR With DoD Budget

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

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Senate Democrats released on Monday night a new government budget, which Pentagon planners eagerly are awaiting to help them manage the across-the-board “sequestration” cuts that started March 1. “It doesn’t fix all of our problems, but it would certainly help,” Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale said Monday about the new budget measure--a “continuing resolution” (CR) that lawmakers are trying to pass before the current CR expires March 27. Both the old resolution and a new one lawmakers are debating hold the…

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