Newsmakers
Representative Rob Wittman
2013-09-15T10:01:17-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjQ4XC8yMDEzMDkxNTEwMDIyOTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA), who had responsibility for the largest accounts in the Pentagon budget, talked about Pentagon funding, the sequester and its impact on the military, whether the strength of the military had been affected, furloughs, the BRAC process, and Syria and potential assistance to military rebels in Syria. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.
“Sequestration,” a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013.
House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA), who had responsibility for the largest accounts in the Pentagon budget…
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House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA), who had responsibility for the largest accounts in the Pentagon budget, talked about Pentagon funding, the sequester and its impact on the military, whether the strength of the military had been affected, furloughs, the BRAC process, and Syria and potential assistance to military rebels in Syria. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.
“Sequestration,” a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013. close
“Sequestration,” a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013.
House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA), who had responsibility for the largest accounts in the Pentagon budget… read more
House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA), who had responsibility for the largest accounts in the Pentagon budget, talked about Pentagon funding, the sequester and its impact on the military, whether the strength of the military had been affected, furloughs, the BRAC process, and Syria and potential assistance to military rebels in Syria. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.
“Sequestration,” a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013. close
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