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Leon Panetta: “Sequestration represents a reduction of nearly 20 percent in DOD funding over the next 10 years”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
Sequestration represents a reduction of nearly 20 percent in DOD funding over the next 10 years
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta warns about significant budget cuts to the Department of Defense.

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