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    Guest Opinion: Sequestration Cuts Would Devastate Space Coast Economy

    September 19, 2012

    By Ronald Cobb

    Parabolic Arc

    It’s time for Congress to get off the dime and take action on the federal budget. Avoiding sequestration must be a priority to avoid a congressionally induced economic calamity for the Space Coast, Central Florida, and the nation.  Last year, with the failure of  the [...]

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    Defense cuts could hit Cape Ann companies

    September 19, 2012

    Marjorie Nesin

    Gloucester Times

    Cape Ann might not be considered a hotbed of defense spending.

    But a smattering of local companies could face millions of dollars worth of contract cuts with the federal Department of Defense if Congress and the Obama administration fail to reach an alternative to the so-called [...]

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    Defense Sequestration Economic Impacts on Local Region

    September 19, 2012

    Bob Trojan

    Rockford Register Star

    The Center for Security Policy has posted new Congressional District Reports to help estimate the potential local economic impacts of the ten-year $500 billion in cuts to the nation’s defense budget under Sequestration.  The reports are free and available online to the public athttp://forthecommondefense.org/districts.

    To [...]

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    Sequestration, the election hangover

    September 19, 2012

    Mackenzie Eaglen

    Politico

    Former President Bill Clinton cited the U.S. defense budget as a campaign  issue at the Democratic National Convention. He noted that Republicans “want to  actually increase defense spending over a decade $2 trillion more than the  Pentagon has requested, without saying what they’ll spend it on.” President  [...]

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    Military Spending Cuts Loom Over Imperial Beach Companies, Report Suggests

    September 18, 2012

    Khari Johnson and Ken Stone

    Imperial Beach Patch

    Updated 2:55 p.m. Wednesday to include additional information from Captain Gary Mayes and quotes from Congresswoman Susan Davis.

    Members of Congress and business lobbyists have been sounding alarms about sequestration—looming Pentagon budget cuts that could exceed $500 billion over 10 years.

    [...]
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    Southern California counties at risk on defense cuts

    September 18, 2012

    L.A. Biz

    Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties would be hit particularly hard by defense budget cuts scheduled to take effect next year, according to data compiled by a pro-defense think tank in Washington.

    The Center for Security Policy, founded by former White House defense official Frank Gaffney, estimated [...]

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    Federal contracts in jeopardy across Franklin County

    September 18, 2012

    Jim Hook

    Public Opinion

    Companies relying on federal contracts are likely to be warning their employees of mass layoffs whether Washington falls off the fiscal cliff or not.

    The federal government currently has the task of cutting $109 billion from its 2013 spending, half of it in the Defense budget. [...]

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    California counties most at risk from defense cuts

    September 18, 2012

    Sacramento Business Journal

    Some California counties would be hit particularly hard by defense budget cuts scheduled to take effect next year, according to data compiled by a pro-defense think tank in Washington.

    The Center for Security Policy, founded by former White House defense official Frank Gaffney, estimated potential losses for [...]

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    Sequestration Transparency Act misses the mark

    September 17, 2012

    Mackenzie  Eaglen

    The American Enterprise Institute

    The administration’s Friday report pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act failed to comply with both the letter and the spirit of the Sequestration Transparency Act by submitting the late report to Congress without specifying how cuts would affect federal agencies [...]

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    Sequestration Ax Looms Over Redondo Beach, Report Suggests

    September 17, 2012

    Ken Stone and Nicole Mooradian

    Redondo Beach Patch

    Members of Congress and business lobbyists have been sounding alarms about sequestration—looming Pentagon budget cuts that could exceed $500 billion over 10 years.

    They could begin in January if lawmakers don’t deal with the so-called “fiscal cliff,” including the fallout [...]

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