Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cited the F-35, the Navy's P-8 Poseidon aircraft, the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle and Navy ships as examples of programs that could be cut under sequestration. Alex Wong / Getty Images
Panetta Details 'Huge' Defense Cuts Should Super Committee Fail -- Aol Defense
Washington: Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. military would turn into a 'paper tiger' if it is hit with a $1 trillion dollar budget cut over the next decade. Today, he described in painstaking detail what exactly that would mean.
In a letter sent today to Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member John McCain, Panetta listed a litany of programs and services that he said would have to be cut if the congressional super committee fails to cut $1.2 billion from the national debt. The panel has little over a week to come up with that plan. If it can't, Pentagon coffers could be slashed by $500 billion. Piled on top of the cuts already mandated by the White House, the Pentagon would be staring down a $1 trillion spending cut.
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