Ashton Carter actually said...

sequestration will have devastating effects for national defense.

Carter warns about the severe impact of sequestration on national defense.

02/11/2013

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If I may, I would like to get back to you on that, in specificity on that matter.

Let me just start with the Secretary and I. The Secretary and I have been saying for 16 months that sequestration would be devastating.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out what the consequences of sequester are.

the Nation's nuclear deterrent is, "the last thing that you want to do serious damage to."