Pentagon Argues Against Budget Cuts (Updated)

Tensions Flare Between Pentagon, Congress With No Plan In Sight To Avert Cuts -- FOX News

Animosity between the Pentagon and Congress is growing as top lawmakers signal a willingness to let automatic spending cuts take effect in two weeks, with patience wearing thin among Republicans for another stopgap measure like the one President Obama is advocating.

Congress already delayed the cuts by two months as part of the fiscal-crisis deal. They're now poised to kick in March 1.

Few in Washington actually profess to want these cuts. But, with no bipartisan alternative on the table, the capital at this stage seems divided between those preparing to grin and bear it, and those warning that the reality of the cuts is too grim to bear.

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Top Officers Issue Urgent Warning Over Budget Cuts -- Military.com/AP
GOP vs. the generals all over again -- E-Ring/Foreign Policy
Service Chiefs Detail Sequestration Consequences -- US Department of Defense
Carl Levin: Defense Department cuts will be 'devastating' -- Detroit Free Press
Guard Chief: Sequestration Would Have ‘Devastating’ Effects -- US Department of Defense
Sequestration could mean training reduction for 80 percent of ground forces -- Army.mil
Sequestration would extend deployments -- DoD Buzz
US military’s top leaders says looming spending cuts may leave troops unprepared for combat -- Washington Post/AP
CNO: Defense cuts hurt counter-terror efforts -- Navy Times
Top Marine: 'We will pull back from global responsibilities' -- WND
Lockheed F-35 programme may have to be restructured under sequestration -- Flight Global
Military Health Care Endangered by Cuts, Pentagon Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Sequester Looms Over Unmanned Vehicle Conference -- National Defense
Armed Services chairman says there is plenty of blame to go around for military’s budget woes -- Washington Post/AP
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Sequester Defense Cuts Would Undermine U.S. World Power -- Evan Moore, Patrick Christy, US News and World Report
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