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    How will the 2013 Defense Budget Cuts Affect America’s Economy?

    February 23, 2012

    Canada Free Press

    Last week the House and Senate Armed Services Committees held hearings to investigate the serious security and economic impacts of proposed defense budget cuts. Testifying at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on February 17, Secretary of the Army John McHugh stated: “To use an axe [...]

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    How will the 2013 Defense Budget Cuts Affect America’s Economy?

    February 23, 2012

    Right Side News

    Last week the House and Senate Armed Services Committees held hearings to investigate the serious security and economic impacts of proposed defense budget cuts. Testifying at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on February 17, Secretary of the Army John McHugh stated: “To use an axe to cut a [...]

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    Defense cuts could have impact on business in the state

    February 21, 2012

    The Daily Independent

    2/21/12

    Ridgecrest, Calif. —
    As Ridgecrest and China Lake await word on the next Base Realignment and Closures, the proposed defense budget could invite unexpected impacts for the county and state.

    On Feb. 13, the Obama administration presented its 2013 budget to Congress, with projected defense [...]

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    Military can’t afford to take any more cuts

    February 17, 2012

    Retired Cmdr. Peter J. Reynierse

    The Hill

    President Obama’s vision for a slimmer military is a good jumping-off point for a national discussion on security after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (Gen. Wesley Clark’s “A defense strategy for our time,” Feb. 3), but Gen. Clark fails to address its greatest [...]

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    Obama Plans To Defend America… With Less Defense

    February 17, 2012

    Patriot Post

    2/17/12

    Is it just me, or do you also feel that the nation is being surrendered?   The question is: To whom or to what, and why? Several factors appear to reveal this scenario, but one of the most prominent is the impending disarmament of our defense forces [...]

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    Obama’s Proposed Budget May Mean Trouble for Industries

    February 17, 2012

    By: Lauren Sega
    The New Political

    2/17/12

    The Obama Administration brought its 2013 budget before Congress, with projected defense budget cuts that could mean trouble for Ohio’s businesses.

    In 2012, President Barack Obama limited the U.S. military capability to fighting one regional conflict and one holding conflict. Defense budgets [...]

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    Budget cuts will endanger our troops

    February 15, 2012

    Col. Eric Rojo
    Daily Advertiser

    As we near the end of the war in Afghanistan, we are reminded of the terrible costs of war, and the importance of avoiding them whenever possible. Yet, the drastic defense budget cuts triggered by the debt-ceiling deal could actually make it more [...]

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    Defense cuts: 1.5 million jobs at stake

    February 15, 2012

    Col. Eric Rojo

    The Baltimore Sun

    Republicans and Democrats disagree about whether the economy is adding jobs today. But no one is publicly disputing that up to 1.5 million Americans will lose their jobs if Congress doesn’t stop the $500 billion in automatic defense cuts triggered by the debt ceiling [...]

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    Group Paints Grim Picture of Defense Cut Effects

    February 15, 2012

    By: Emma Dumain
    Roll Call

    2/15/12

    As lawmakers debate cuts in the defense budget from national security and deficit reduction perspectives, outside groups are pushing back from the viewpoint of local economies.

    Washington, D.C., home to hundreds of defense contractors and a workforce that relies on the military, could [...]

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    Defense cuts risk loss of $155 million

    February 15, 2012

    By: Brian Francisco
    Journal Gazette

    2/15/12

    FORT WAYNE – The nation’s defense is Allen County’s bread and butter, according to a think tank.

    The Center for Security Policy says the local economy could lose more than $155 million a year over the next decade if military spending cuts are [...]

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