Chuck Hagel actually said...

Sequestration would significantly curtail important industrial base capabilities and skills which, if lost, would be difficult, expensive, and perhaps even impossible to replace.

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Hagel highlights the detrimental effects of sequestration on the defense industrial base.

01/30/2013

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