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Lloyd Austin: “With sequestration the Army would likely lose another 100,000 troops on top of the 72,000 cuts already planned.”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
With sequestration the Army would likely lose another 100,000 troops on top of the 72,000 cuts already planned.
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Lloyd Austin
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Austin warns about significant troop reductions due to budget cuts.

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