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Hope Of Saving Carriers Is Sinking As Cash Dries Up

August 8, 2013 • In the News • Original: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Really? Mothballing aircraft carriers? The idea floated last week by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel seemed particularly shocking in this Navy town – home to half the nation’s fleet of…

Defense Secretary Hagel Reduces Civilian Furloughs to 6 Days

August 6, 2013 • In the News • Original: U.S. News and World Report

The Defense Department’s announcement that it can reduce civilian furloughs will be welcome news to those who have been forced to cut 20 percent of their pay since July, but…

Pentagon Officials Press Congress For More Time On Budget Cuts

August 2, 2013 • In the News • Original: Reuters

A day after the Pentagon outlined the stark choices it confronts due to looming budget cuts in coming years, top defense officials pressed Congress to give them the time and…

Hagel Outlines Bleak Future for Pentagon

July 31, 2013 • In the News • Original: USA Today

Automatic budgets cuts will force the Pentagon to slash its ranks or trash its plans to buy new weapons, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday. The budget cuts known as…

Pentagon Lays Out Ways to Slash Spending

July 31, 2013 • In the News • Original: Wall Street Journal

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday laid out options for implementing the Pentagon’s share of broad spending cuts known as the sequester, including shrinking the Army from 490,000 under current…