Thursday, January 19, 2012

Some In The U.S. Are Now Contemplating $1 Trillion In Defense Cuts


Some HASC, SASC Members Think $1 Trillion Cut Doable -- Aol Defense

The two congressional defense policy committees may not have a clear path to avoid a punishing sequestration of defense funds -- that big fat $600 billion cut triggered by the failure of the Supercommittee -- but they do have a plan to get their work done early so they can do what really counts on the Hill -- campaign for reelection.

That was the basic news that came out of a forum yesterday featuring Hill aides held by the Precision Strike Association.

Jenness Simler, a policy director for HASC chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., said that while most committee members believe "sequester is unacceptable," some committee members think that defense could handle the $1-trillion reduction that sequester would impose.

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My Comment: It's only a matter of time before they then start talking about having even more cuts.

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