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Pentagon officials in the coming weeks will examine how to modify the US Defense Department's 2014 budget proposal if sequestration spending caps remain in place.
- Jun. 5, 2013
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Amid Sequester, US Defense Stocks Still Surge
Signs of the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration are everywhere in Washington, but on Wall Street it's a different story.
- Jun. 1, 2013
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US House Democrats: Defense Sequester Hurting Economy
Pentagon spending reductions are hurting the US economy more than other spending cuts mandated under sequestration, say House Democrats, who appear poised to inject such effects into the 2014 midterm election narrative.
- May. 15, 2013
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US Debt-Ceiling Fight Could Complicate 'Grand Bargain' Talks
The White House and senior Republican lawmakers acknowledge they remain far apart on a 'grand bargain' fiscal deal to address the defense sequester cuts.
- May. 7, 2013
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Top US Admiral Says Shift to Asia on Track Despite Budget Cuts
Plans to expand the American naval presence in the Pacific with new ships and hi-tech weaponry will go ahead despite steep budget cuts, the US Navy's top officer said before a trip to the region.
- May. 7, 2013
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Drones, Sequester Flexibility to Drive 2014 NDAA Debates
US Lawmakers are expected to battle over armed drones, softening the blow of military budget cuts and a controversial missile defense shield as they craft Pentagon policy legislation for fiscal 2014.
- May. 6, 2013
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SASC Leaders to Hagel: Give Us Your 2013 Sequestration Plan
Two prominent US senators say there is 'no sign' Congress will pass the kind of sweeping fiscal bill that would void or lessen $500 billion in Pentagon cuts already being implemented.
- May. 3, 2013
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Pentagon Industrial Base Chief Predicts Pain
We're from the government, and we're here to help. Except when we won't.
- Apr. 29, 2013
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Suppliers Large and Small Storm Capitol Hill
In the two weeks since the White House submitted its pre-sequester fiscal 2014 budget request to Congress, defense giants BAE Systems and General Dynamics have organized large groups of their suppliers to storm Capitol Hill to put a human face on the pote
- Apr. 29, 2013
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USAF Gen. Warns of Future Implications of Budget Cuts
The US Air Force's top military acquisition official warned Congress that the impacts of sequestration and budget cuts will continue to reverberate over the next decade.
- Apr. 25, 2013
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DARPA Pleads Agency's Case in Lean Times
Seeing a defense budget that is facing increasing pressure, the head of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spoke to reporters Wednesday about the need to protect research spending.
- Apr. 24, 2013
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US Army Leaders Warned On War Funding
Top US Army leadership told lawmakers Tuesday that they'll need three more years of supplemental war funding after the final US troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan to pay for massive postwar equipment reset activities.
- Apr. 23, 2013
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Sequester is an Afterthought in '14 Negotiations
After months of dire warnings and political theater, the first sequestration-era Pentagon budget plan has landed on Capitol Hill like a feather floating onto a soft mattress.
- Apr. 21, 2013
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DoD Request Would Redirect $7.5B
The Pentagon is preparing to ask Congress for permission to shift billions of dollars within its already reduced fiscal 2013 budget primarily to pay for increased war costs, but is still looking for ways to fill a $15 billion operating shortfall.
- Apr. 21, 2013
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Sen. Levin: Void 2014 Sequester Cuts if 'Grand Bargain' Fails
An influential Senate Democrat on Wednesday said Congress should pass a plan that would void pending cuts to the Pentagon's 2014 budget if Washington fails this year to craft a 'grand bargain' fiscal deal.
- Apr. 17, 2013
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What Sequester? Automatic Cuts an Afterthought at Budget Hearing
Pentagon leaders and House appropriators on Tuesday discussed China, then Egypt. They talked about aircraft carrier deployments, Iran and sexual assault. One issue was a glaring afterthought: Sequestration.
- Apr. 16, 2013
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Hagel: ‘Everything on the Table’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call last week to overhaul the military structure focused on three primary Pentagon cost drivers: acquisition, personnel and overhead.
- Apr. 6, 2013
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Expert: U.S. DoD Should Plan for Large Employee Downsizing
The Defense Department should immediately begin planning for civilian employee layoffs in preparation for a long-term spending squeeze, a defense analyst said Friday.
- Apr. 6, 2013
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Boehner Rejects Obama Budget; Defense Again Caught in Ideological Crossfire
WASHINGTON — Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Friday slammed President Barack Obama’s coming 2014 budget plan for not cutting federal spending deeply enough while proposing more new revenues.
- Apr. 5, 2013
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U.S. Service Secretaries Take Voluntary Pay Cut
WASHINGTON — The secretaries of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy will each give up a portion of his salary to show solidarity with hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian workers facing mandatory furloughs this year.
- Apr. 4, 2013
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