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    US Furloughs Wreak Havoc on DoD Productivity

    July 29, 2013

    By: Marcus Weisgerber
    Defense News

    WASHINGTON — Want to schedule a meeting with a senior Pentagon official? How does your calendar look in September or October?

    The furloughing of civilian US Defense Department employees as a result of federal spending cuts is wreaking havoc on productivity and frustrating DoD [...]

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    Estimated Export-Import Bank Cuts and Sequestration Cuts for 50 States – July 2013

    July 8, 2013

    The Center for Security Policy has estimated the impact on all 50 states of sequestration cuts and Export-Import Bank cuts combined, based on the 2012 expenditure baseline. [Click here to view the spreadsheet]

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    Gorton’s, local firms feel sequester’s pinch

    June 5, 2013

    By Richard Gaines

    Gloucester Times

    While the largest federal employer on Cape Ann, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will make its contribution to the massive sequestration spending cuts without a single day’s furlough for its 200 professionals, local private contractors to the Pentagon report a more checkered impact.

    [...]
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    FY15 Guidance Takes Sequester Into Account

    May 30, 2013

    By: Marcus Weisgerber

    Defense News

    After years of not preparing for mandated sequestration spending cuts, the Pentagon is now incorporating different levels of budget reductions in its future planning.

    US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, in a May 29 memo to senior defense officials, told the services to prepare [...]

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    Sequestration affects quality of life on bases

    May 21, 2013

    By: Brian Everstine

    Air Force Times

    Dirtier bathrooms. Longer grass. Taking out your own trash.

    Sequestration is having a tangible effect on your bases, and it isn’t just flying hours.

    Since the mandatory budget cuts have gone into effect, bases around the country have announced changes in policies or [...]

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    For Obama’s Agenda, an ‘October Surprise’ in May

    May 20, 2013

    By: John T. Bennett

    Defense News

    A slew of politically charged scandals threatens to derail a sweeping fiscal deal with Senate Republicans that would address sequestration’s defense budget cuts.

    Just as US President Barack Obama moved to restart talks with Republican senators over a “grand bargain,” his administration is [...]

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    DoD Examines 3 Budget-Cut Scenarios

    May 19, 2013
    By Marcus Weisgerber and Vago Muradian

    Defense News

    Senior US Defense Department officials are expected to present three budget-cutting scenarios to the defense secretary when they wrap up a wide-ranging review of military strategy at the end of this month, according to sources.

    These officials, part of the Strategic [...]

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    Obama promises ‘manufacturing revolution in the U.S.

    May 9, 2013

    By: Scott Huddleston, Eva Ruth Moravec, Peggy Fikac, and Sarah Tressler

    San Antonio Express News

    AUSTIN — President Obama declared his determination Thursday to ignite the economy Thursday through efforts including new manufacturing innovation hubs, one of which San Antonio leaders hope to land.

    “We want the next revolution [...]

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    Obama says he’ll take action on economy if Congress won’t

    May 9, 2013
    By: Scott Huddleston, Eva Ruth Moravec and Sarah Tressler The Houston Chronicle
    AUSTIN — Downtown Austin was abuzz with excitement in anticipation of President Barack Obama’s stop at the Capitol Factory Thursday afternoon.”The president doesn’t come to Austin very often, and we are welcoming him to our illustrious city,” [...]
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    TEXAS ECONOMY HURT BY OBAMA’S DEFENSE SEQUESTRATION CUTS

    May 8, 2013

    For Immediate Release |  Contact: Alex VanNess

    vanness@centerforsecuritypolicy.org | 202-835-9077

     

    TEXAS ECONOMY HURT BY OBAMA’S DEFENSE SEQUESTRATION CUTS

    WASHINGTON DC, MAY 8, 2013: On May 9, President Obama will visit a high school and a technology company in Austin, Texas, reportedly to “draw attention to [...]

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