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For Immediate Release: November 18, 2011 Contact: Claude Chafin or John Noonan 202-225-2539
Sequestration Resource Kit
Available Online
Our military – soldiers and veterans – are facing unprecedented budget cuts. To help the public and Members of Congress understand the consequences of these cuts, we have centralized the following information, including a detailed Impact Memo prepared for Chairman McKeon and a number of helpful resources detailing the precise ramifications of sequestration:
Official Documents including statements, letters, recommendations, and memoranda
Effect of Sequestration on Jobs
Debunking Myths on Defense Spending
News Articles and Op-eds
HASC Special Features Videos
Video News Coverage
Hearings
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Essential Sequestration Resources
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News Articles and Op-Eds | Sequestration hearings
Official Documents:
HASC JSC Recommendations
House Armed Services Committee Letter to JSC
Impact Memo: Executive Summary, Impact Assessment
Secretary of Defense: No More Cuts
Panetta Letter
Statement – Panetta.pdf
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: No More Cuts
Statement – Dempsey.pdf
Service Chiefs: Sequestration would cause irreversible damage
Statement – Admiral Greenert.pdf
Statement – General Odierno.pdf
Statement – General Amos.pdf
Statement – General Schwartz.pdf
Effect of Sequestration on Jobs:
George Mason Study
What Sequestration Really Means
(What Sequestration Really Means.pdf – 64.9 KBs)
Charts and Graphs
(Memo to JSC Enclosures.pdf – 245.0 KBs)
Debunking Myths About Defense Spending
(Debunking Myths about Defense Spending.pdf – 72.2 KBs)
Communications Resources
News Articles and Op-eds
Washington Post and others come against more cuts
HASC Special Features Videos
Human Consequences to Defense Cuts – Over 2,000 Views
Provide for the Common Defense: The U.S. Military 10 Years After 9/11 – Over 10,000 Views
Video News Coverage
Fox News Looks at Severe Defense Cuts on the Horizon
McKeon Highlights Concerns Over Military Cuts on Fox
Fox News Profiles the Dire State of our Military Readiness
Hearings
The Future of National Defense Hearings Series
9/8/11
The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11
9/13/11
The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11: Perspectives from Outside Experts
9/22/11
The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces: Ten Years After 9/11 and Twenty-Five Years After Goldwater-Nichols
10/4/11
National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11: Perspectives from Former Service Chiefs and Vice Chiefs
10/12/11
The Future of National Defense: Perspectives of Former Chairmen of the Committee on Armed Services
10/13/11
The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11: Perspectives of Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey
10/26/11
Economic Consequences of Defense Sequestration
11/2/11
The Future of the Military Services and Consequences of Defense Sequestration
All relevant hearings
Drumbeats
Nov 07 2011
Washington Post Editorial Board Says No to More Defense Cuts
Nov 02 2011
Military Leadership Again Warns of More Defense Cuts
Oct 26 2011
Forbes: Long-Term Damage Likely From More Defense Cuts
Oct 14 2011
McKeon Warns Against Defense Cuts in Wall Street Journal Op-ed
Oct 11 2011
Army Leaders Warn Against Shrinking the Force
Oct 06 2011
Carafano: Heed HASC Warning, Keep the Military a Stabilizing Force in the World
Sep 27 2011
Fox, Politico Profile Looming Defense Cuts
Sep 19 2011
ICYMI – McKeon Highlights Concerns Over Military Cuts on Fox
Sep 16 2011
Marine Commandant: Preserve Navy & Marine Fighting Capabilities
Sep 15 2011
“Geriatric U.S. Arsenal Needs Expensive-Lift”
Sep 08 2011
“Provide for the Common Defense: The U.S. Military 10 Years After 9/11”
Jul 28 2011
Modest Changes – “Extraordinarily difficult and very high risk”
Jul 25 2011
Dire Choices Over Defense Cuts
Jul 21 2011
“Modest Changes”: Gang of Six Defense Cuts the Wrong Move for National Security
Jul 19 2011
“MODEST CHANGES”: Defense Cuts Play Dangerous Game With Stressed Force
Jul 18 2011
“MODEST CHANGES”: Obama Directing Navy to Cut Even as Readiness Woes Continue
Jul 12 2011
Will Further Defense Cuts Hurt Our National Security?
Jun 01 2011
McKeon Supports Defense Spending Based on National Security Needs, Not Arbitrary Cuts
