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Leon Panetta: “Sequestration would be "catastrophic" to our military and result in the loss of 1.5 million jobs”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
Sequestration would be "catastrophic" to our military and result in the loss of 1.5 million jobs
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta warned about the severe consequences of sequestration on military and employment.

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