Gen. Martin E. Dempsey of the Army on Tuesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Philip Scott Andrews/The New York TimesNominee To Lead Joint Chiefs Warns Against Deep Cuts -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, President Obama’s nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned on Tuesday that proposed cuts in the military budget of up to $1 trillion would be “extraordinarily difficult and very high risk.”
General Dempsey, who is currently the Army chief of staff, made his comments at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the Joint Chiefs chairmanship. Mr. Obama has already ordered the Pentagon to come up with $400 billion in cuts over the next 12 years, but other deficit-reduction proposals under debate in the battle over the nation’s borrowing would cut far more.
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