The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) performs a full power run and rudder swing checks during sea trials in July. The Truman Carrier Strike Group's deployment was cancelled in February over budget matters. (MCS 3rd Class Kristina Young / U.S. Navy)
After Dire Sequestration Warnings, Skepticism Abounds -- Defense News
WASHINGTON — The United States’ top military officers have warned that sequestration would be “ruinous” for national security. They warned of an era of scant training and little maintenance on aging combat systems. And they warned that a new national defense strategy would be unworkable.
To hear the top generals and admirals tell it, the U.S. military would be reduced to regional-power status.
And in today’s hyperpartisan political environment, such statements have launched a debate as to whether defense leaders “hyped” the effects of the sequestration cuts, which were triggered last Friday.
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