Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, President Barack Obama, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates salute as troops parade past the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Secretary Gates at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., June 30, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Rumors Fly That OMB Tells Pentagon To Ready $100 Billion More Cuts -- Aol Defense
Washington: The Pentagon email traffic is burning up with whispers that the White House has told the Pentagon to plan for an additional $100 billion in cuts for 2013.
The planning guidance was reportedly issued to insure that the Pentagon would be ready should the Super Congress fail to implement $1.2 trillion in cuts and trigger what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the "doomsday mechanism" of $500 billion in defense cuts. Panetta told reporters last week that he was not planning for any such cuts. OMB Director Jacob Lew issued a carefully worded memo yesterday:
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