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52 Billion In Defense Budget Cuts Under Sequestration

5/5/2013

 
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The Pentagon is facing $52 billion dollars in cuts.  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stated that the cuts under sequestration “will cause pain” and potentially impact readiness ”across our force." The Pentagon is facing possible across the board budget cuts in 2014.  Hagel stated to reporters that  America “has the most capable, the most powerful fighting force in the world” and the Pentagon will “not allow this capacity to erode.”  He also said that “we’ll do what we need to do to assure the capabilities of our forces.”

Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) wrote that many members of Congress see sequestration as “an effective way to cut government spending. As a result, there is an increasing risk that [the Pentagon and other federal agencies may face sequestration again in 2014.” Read more at www.washingtonpost.com


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