Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2015 budget request as Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, the department's comptroller, look on before the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2014. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp
Sequestration Would Cripple U.S. Military Strategy, Hagel Says -- US Department of Defense
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2014 – If sequestration begins again in fiscal year 2016, the U.S. military will not be able to carry out defense strategy, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee this morning.
A return to sequester would put at risk "America's traditional role as a guarantor of global security, and ultimately our own security," Hagel said.
Events in Europe over the past few weeks underscore the need for American involvement, Hagel said. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2015 defense budget request reflects that reality, he added, and sustains U.S. commitments and leadership at a very defining time.
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