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Chuck Hagel: “The bottom line if sequester would occur, it is not just a reduction in a significant amount of dollars that would…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
The bottom line if sequester would occur, it is not just a reduction in a significant amount of dollars that would occur, but it would be a convergence of taking the flexibility, the projection, the management, the future, away from those who are responsible for managing our budget.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel discusses the severe implications of budget cuts due to sequester.

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