Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George E. Little and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations Capt. John Kirby briefed the media at the Pentagon.
Reporters asked about several department issues, and pressed the two men on the Defense Department's preparations for sequestration, the forced spending cuts that would take place next year if the Congress doesn't act to stop them. The cuts were agreed on as part of the Budget Control Act last year that raised the debt limit.