Senators Look For A Way Out Of Sequestration -- Military Times
A bipartisan group of six senators announced Monday that they are trying to find a way to avoid sequestration in January.
The group includes the Democratic chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, both of whom said they are worried about the impact of across-the-board cuts on defense programs.
Sequestration would cut an additional $500 billion from defense spending plans over the next 10 years, starting with a $55 billion reduction in 2013. Military personnel programs would be spared, under a decision made by the Obama administration, but other defense accounts face a 9.4 percent reduction that would slice into funding for overseas contingency operations, purchases of weapons, ammunition and other supplies and even maintenance of equipment and facilities.
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More News On U.S. Senators Concerns Over Sequestration
Six Senators Sound Bipartisan Alarm Over Sequester -- Wall Street Journal
Senators: We’re still working on sequestration -- Stars and Stripes
Defense lawmakers plead for bipartisan solution to avert sequestration cuts -- The Hill
Bipartisan group of senators sounds the sequester alarm -- Government Executive
Lawmakers eying sequester II? -- Politico
Sequestration and What It Would Do to U.S. Military Power -- Peter W. Singer, Time
My Comment: So .... the politicians who got us into this disaster are the same politicians who will save us. Hmmmm .... I think not.
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