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(CNN) -- During the third and final presidential debate last October, President Obama made a promise to the American people. Sequestration, a package of forced budget cuts, "is not something I proposed," he said. "It will not happen."
What a difference 100 days make.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon spoke with CNN this morning about President Obama's plan to avert sequestration with more defense cuts -- and ignore substantial entitlement spending reform. |
By: Bill Gertz
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday that the military could not afford one more dollar in cuts without scaling back forces and operations.
Washington – Following an historic hearing with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the national security implications of repeated defense cuts, Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) made the following statement:
Last week, President Obama opened the door to a temporary fix of sequestration. When asked to elaborate on what that fix would look like, Spokesman Jay Carney again advocated paying down sequester with more defense cuts. VIEW CHART |
McKeon Statement on White House
Plan to Withdraw Forces from Afghanistan
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address:
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on North Korea's latest nuclear detonation. |
White House details impact of sequestration on non-defense agencies but GOP says focus must be on military |