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    Top five states affected by sequestration

    June 10, 2012

    Hope Hodge

    Human Events

    Within every dollar the Department of Defense spends in federal contracting, seventy-five cents go to subcontractors—the American small businesses that install windows, manicure lawns, lay bricks.

    That’s why, according to American Enterprise Institute scholar Mackenzie Eaglen, a sweeping nine-percent cut of the Defense budget could hit [...]

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    Study Suggests Proposed Military Cuts Could Hit Ventura County Hard

    June 9, 2012

    Michael Collins

    Ventura County Star

    WASHINGTON — A study by a national security group suggests Ventura County could lose as much as $180 million in military contracts if the government follows through on plans for a series of defense cuts over the next decade.

    Companies located in or doing business in [...]

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    Arizona could take $2.1B hit from defense cuts

    June 8, 2012

    Inside Tucson Business

     Arizona’s defense industry could take a hit of between a $1.1 billion and $2.1 billion, depending on the budget for the U.S. Department of Defense is reduced, according to the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C.

    Overall, the amount represents cuts from 9 to 18 percent [...]

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    Illinois Could Lose Jobs Due to Defense Budget Cuts

    June 8, 2012

    Bob Trojan

     Rockford Register Star

     21,626 Jobs according to the Center for Regional Analysis study that was done to show the impact of the “Sequestration” law.  That’s the law that requires and additional $500 billion Defense budget cuts on the initial $487 billion cuts.

    Congressmen Randy Forbes, Chairman of [...]

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    South Florida military contractors prepare for budget cuts

    June 7, 2012

    Marcia Heroux Pounds

    Sun Sentinel

    South Florida companies say they have diversified operations to prepare for military spending cuts mandated by law next year.

    Recent studies by the American Aerospace Association and the Center for Security Policy say Florida’s military contractors would have to cut nearly 40,000 jobs, based on [...]

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    Report shows mandated defense budget cuts’ impact in Florida

    June 7, 2012

    Orlando Business Journal

    The nonprofit Center for Security Policy issued reports detailing the impacts 2013 budget spending cuts would have on defense businesses in each state.

    Defense funding cuts of 9 percent and 18 percent were calculated in the report. Florida’s prime defense contractors made $13.34 billion in 2011, a [...]

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    Figures crunched on defense cuts

    June 7, 2012

    Matthew Ward

    Suffolk News-Herald

    Automatic cuts to defense spending would rip almost $33.23 million from military contracts in Suffolk, according to an analysis of government contracting office data by nonprofit national security organization The Center for Security Policy.

    The center’s Defense Breakdown Economic Impact Reports, released this week, calculate the [...]

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    Defense Cuts Looming – Again

    June 7, 2012

    Barbara Jorgensen

    News of the Day

    Defense cuts are looming once again as the US government seeks to balance its budget. The fairly predictable reaction from politicians is to protest the cuts, which will hurt individual states during an election year. What the general public might not know — but [...]

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    Defense budget cuts affect Florida counties

    June 7, 2012

    Wade Millward

    Jacksonville Business Journal

    Northeast Florida will take a hit from 2013 defense budget cuts.

    A Center for Security Policy report shows Duval among the top five Florida counties most affected by the cuts. In a breakdown of projected economic impact by county, Duval loses the third highest revenue [...]

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    How will the 2013 Defense Budget Cuts Affect Oregon?

    June 7, 2012

    Salem-News.com

    (WASHINGTON DC) – In September 2011, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta compared the mandatory Sequestration defense budget cuts to “shooting ourselves in the head.” On Wednesday June 6, the Center for Security Policy launched the new 2011 data outlining the economic consequences of these cuts: the “Defense Breakdown Economic [...]

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