Leon Panetta: Military Readiness ‘Badly Damaged’ By Sequester -- Washington Times
Remember sequester cuts? In all the brouhaha on Capitol Hill about the fate of Obamacare, the fate of the budget and continuing resolutions and the fate of government’s day-to-day operations, the fallout from mandated cost-cuts has fallen under the radar — but former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised the specter on Sunday.
America's military “readiness has been badly damaged” by sequester cuts, he said, on “Meet the Press” on NBC.
While Navy SEALs and special forces are still prepared to take on critical missions, the military in general, and in “broader crises, such as the Middle East,” is facing dire straits.
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