Leon Panetta actually said...

Sequestration would do this. It could have serious effects on our readiness and disrupt essential programs and contracts.

So if we can do it for wounded warriors, I think we can reach out and do it for others as well that can be part of it.

It's important that we recognize the costs that are involved and that, frankly, all of us bear some responsibility to pay those costs if we'...

We ask the Congress to support this budget while working to avoid the deep cuts that sequestration would impose.