Defense Secretary Hagel on Budget Cuts
2013-08-01T04:16:30-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNzU1XC8yMDEzMDgwMTA0MTgwNDAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to reporters about significant military force cuts due to sequestration. He outlined options from a strategic guidance review of actions the Defense Department could take to deal with the realities of cuts, including a 20 percent reduction in major headquarter budgets and possibly reducing Army troops to 380,000 soldiers and Marines to 150,000. He urged Congress to become partners in reductions, saying, “We need to help them understand what we’re facing here. We’re not crying wolf. I don’t want to put in a word that’s not fact.”
"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.
"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.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to reporters about significant military force cuts due to sequestration. He outlined options from a strategic guidance review of actions… read more
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to reporters about significant military force cuts due to sequestration. He outlined options from a strategic guidance review of actions the Defense Department could take to deal with the realities of cuts, including a 20 percent reduction in major headquarter budgets and possibly reducing Army troops to 380,000 soldiers and Marines to 150,000. He urged Congress to become partners in reductions, saying, “We need to help them understand what we’re facing here. We’re not crying wolf. I don’t want to put in a word that’s not fact.”
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