Ashton Carter actually said...

The sequester will impact long-term readiness, as well as future defense research, in favor of a reckless plan to reduce the budget.

Carter warns that budget cuts threaten military readiness and defense research.

02/13/2013

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It will place an unreasonable burden on the shoulders of our soldiers and civilians.

The indiscriminate, across the board nature of the sequestration will have an adverse impact on the Department's ability to carry out cyber ...

Sequestration will have a disruptive and negative impact on both the Department's long-term research and on investments in STEM education.

There is a real cost to having that uncertainty.