Despite White House Report, DOD Won't Plan For Sequestration Cuts -- Stars And StripesWASHINGTON — For months, even as congressional negotiations have faltered, defense officials have insisted that they aren’t planning for harsh automatic budget cuts slated to go into effect in January because lawmakers will find an alternative solution.
And even though the White House released a 394-page report Friday detailing how billions will be trimmed from individual military spending accounts, defense officials insist they’re still not drawing up plans to implement those cuts.
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My Comment: The Pentagon is operating on the belief that Congress will bail them out, and that the White House would not veto any bill that would prevent sequestration from occurring. Hmmm .... from my perspective .... this is not a smart strategy.
The OMB report on sequestration is here.
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