Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III; Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark E. Ferguson; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter; Robert F. Hale, comptroller; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno; Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos; and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Frank J. Grass testify on sequestration before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2013. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
Senior Military Leaders Warn Cuts Are Dire Threat To Defense At Dangerous Time -- Washington Post
Senior Defense officials warned Congress Tuesday that the looming sequestration cuts represents a dire and unprecedented threat to the U.S. military, harming everything from combat readiness at a time of dangerous international tensions to the Pentagon’s efforts to reduce military suicide.
“The wolf is at the door,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, appearing with members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a hearing Tuesday morning on the effect of sequestration on the Pentagon.
Automatic reductions due to kick in on March 1 would force the Pentagon to cut $46 billion from its budget over the next seven months. Furloughs for the 800,000 defense civilian force to the maximum extent allowable by law would save the Pentagon $5 billion over that period. “We’d still have $41 billion to go,” said Carter.
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