The Impact Of Sequestration On The U.S. Defense Budget

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Every Military Program Slashed 9.4% If ‘Automatic’ Cuts Kick In -- Danger Room

Should automatic budget cuts to defense take place as planned on January 2, 2013, the White House calculates that the Pentagon will immediately lose $54.6 billion from its approximately $530 billion budget, every year for a decade. Those cuts will come from chopping approximately 9.4 percent out of almost everything the Pentagon does. It’s a fiscal reduction the White House considers “deeply destructive” to national security, and may not be able to avoid.

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More News On The Impact Of Sequestration On The U.S. Defense Budget

U.S. budget cuts would slash $54.7 billion from Pentagon in FY13 -- Reuters
Budget cuts would hit Pentagon procurement, R&D-OMB -- Reuters
Federal Budget Cuts Detailed -- Wall Street Journal
White House Details Potential Effects If Automatic Budget Cuts Go Through -- New York Times
White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts -- Washington Times
White House warns of massive defense, domestic cuts -- USA Today
White House warns 'fiscal cliff' would harm US security -- AFP
White House: Dire cuts for military, domestic programs as U.S. steps toward fiscal cliff -- Washington Post
Automatic U.S. spending cuts destructive-administration -- Reuters
White House details automatic budget cuts, calls them 'blunt, indiscriminate' -- The Hill
White House warns of 'deeply destructive' budget cuts -- L.A. Times
OMB: Cuts would be 'deeply destructive' -- UPI
White House, Republicans trade blame over looming spending cuts -- Reuters