Hagel Outlines Impending Defense Cuts | Hagel insisted ‘America does not have the luxury of retrenchment’
Hagel Outlines Impending Defense Cuts
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Pentagon Prepares for Sequestration Cuts
The Pentagon reportedly made preparations for mandatory budget cuts in just over six weeks, including imposing a hiring freeze and delaying some defense contracts. As part of Congress's sequestration deal, the set of budget laws last year that imposed large, automatic...
White House Claims Defense Cuts ‘Deeply Destructive’ to Economy, Security
White House: Defense Cuts ‘Deeply Destructive’ | Budget Fear-Mongers is Exaggerated
House OKs Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects
The House on Friday passed a defense bill that adds $8 billion for the military next year and approves indefinite detention for terror suspects, even if they are American citizens captured on U.S. soil. Before voting on the overall bill, the House rejected an...
Survey: Huge Majority of Americans Support Defense Cuts, Given Budget Data
Americans typically want bigger defense budgets until they are informed about how much is actually spent on defense, at which point they overwhelmingly favor cutting military spending by considerable margins, according to a new opinion poll released Thursday....
Debt Committee Members Represent Defense-Industry States
The members of the so-called supercommittee - the group of six Republicans and six Democrats tasked with producing a deficit-cutting plan - represent states where the biggest military contractors build missiles, aircraft, jet fighters and tanks while employing tens of...
