Defense plans precautionary cutbacks
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Clifford Armion
le 01/11/2013
Activer le mode zenCraig Whitlock
The Pentagon will impose a freeze on hiring civilians, slash operating costs on military bases and take other immediate steps to trim spending in preparation for the possibility that Congress will fail to reach a deal to avert billions of dollars in additional cuts, defense officials said Thursday.Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he ordered the cutbacks as a precautionary measure because he has grown pessimistic that Congress and the White House will reach agreement. If they do not, the Pentagon would be subject to $52 billion in cuts this fiscal year — about 10 percent of its non-war-fighting budget.
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Defense plans precautionary cutbacks, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2013. Consulté le 25/03/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/defense-plans-precautionary-cutbacks