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    Military budget cuts would cost S.C. thousands of jobs

    February 24, 2013

    by: Jeff Wilkinson

    The State

    Tim Anderson went to work for Columbia’s FN Manufacturing, a Belgian firm that produces assault rifles and machine guns for the U.S. military, a decade ago.

    Now, the 42-year-old husband and father of three from Cayce watches the news each night with an increasing sense [...]

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    Inside sequestration: Find local stories in pending federal budget cuts

    February 21, 2013

    by: Melissa Preddy

    Reynolds Center Business Journalism

    The March 1 deadline for “sequester” – arbitrary federal budget cuts – is a week away and political rhetoric is indicating little compromise in sight. You’re likely digging into possible ripple effects on the industries and sectors you cover, as well as the [...]

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    Md., Va., among most vulnerable to budget cuts

    February 18, 2013

    By: Brian Witte

    Military Times

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are among the most vulnerable to looming federal budget cuts in defense as well as nondefense spending, according to a report released Monday by Wells Fargo Securities.

    The report examines parts of the country that [...]

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    Congress rips sequestration planning procrastination

    February 13, 2013

    By: Michael Hoffman

    DoD Buzz

    The decision by Pentagon leaders to delay the planning for a potential budget cut that would slash 10 percent off expected defense spending was always a curious one.

    These are the same leaders who often hold breakfast meetings just to plan out how they will [...]

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    More than 3,500 Organizations Demand End to Sequestration Cuts

    February 11, 2013

    Unprecedented joining of groups across all sectors sends a clear message to Congress and the White House that with 2.14 million jobs on the line, it is long past time to avert devastating sequestration budget cuts.

    Washington, D.C. – More than 3,500 organizations from all sectors of [...]

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    Congress careening toward the next fiscal crisis

    February 9, 2013

    By: The Editorial Board

    The Star Tribune

    The flurry of deficit-reduction plans released over the past few years took different approaches to balancing the nation’s books. But there was also critical common ground when it came to spending cuts.

    Serious deficit-reduction blueprints — such as Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin — wielded [...]

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    Editorial: Sequestration’s Ugly Picture

    January 28, 2013

    By: Defense News Staff

    Defense News

    As the U.S. military draws down, defense and military leaders stress they must keep it from becoming a hollow force — a military that looks good on paper, but incapable of performing as expected.

    Such hollowing typically unfolds over many years as funding [...]

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    Corps makes contingency plans for sequestration

    January 28, 2013

    By Gidget Fuentes

    MarineCorps Times

    The Marine Corps is bracing for sudden and severe budget cuts that could throttle programs and services at installations across the globe if Congress and the Obama administration fail to act by March 1, raising questions as to whether Marines could be called upon to [...]

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    ‘We’re Terrified’ Of Sequestration’s Impact On Readiness: Navy 4-Star

    January 16, 2013

    By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

    AOL Defense

    CRYSTAL CITY: Navy readiness is already under strain, America’s top admirals say. And looming budget cuts will only make things worse. And they are very worried — “terrified” about some effects — about just how bad this may get.

    The automatic budget cuts [...]

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    Defense Cuts Could Burst the D.C. Business Bubble

    January 14, 2013

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin

    The Fiscal Times

    For decades, the Washington-area has flourished – and escaped the worst of the recession – thanks to government spending fueled by deficits. Hundreds of billions of dollars set aside for defense, homeland security, and an armada of private contractors transformed the [...]

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