Pentagon Gets To Work Planning For Severe Cuts -- Washington Times
Wants to be ready if sequestration occurs
Defense officials have begun “serious planning” for automatic spending cuts that could force the Pentagon to lay off hundreds of thousands of civilian workers as it reduces its budget by $500 billion over the next 10 years.
“We are doing some serious planning for sequestration,” Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters Tuesday. “We need to be ready, and we’re working through those numbers right now.”
Known as sequestration, the across-the-board, automatic reductions are set to begin March 1, unless Congress reaches a deal on taxes and spending. Under sequestration, about $1 trillion is to be trimmed from the federal budget, with the Pentagon accounting for about half of that amount.
As many as 800,000 civilian employees in the Pentagon eventually could be laid off, defense officials say.
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My Comment: The comments by Pentagon press secretary George Little in the above video is a must see. What's my take .... the Pentagon's budget is a carefully crafted document .... they know what they want and they outline their requirements a year and/or two in advance .... it is Congress and the White House that is in a mess.
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