Ashton Carter actually said...

We need to deal very quickly and broadly with our deficit problems in a balanced way that the President can support and Congress can support.

Carter emphasizes the urgency of addressing deficit issues to avoid sequestration.

02/11/2013

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It deserves funding. And the reason for that is that we need more fuel efficient jet engines in the future.

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The only way we're going to get out of the wilderness of sequestration is if we work together.

I ask Congress to support the entirety of this budget and end the deep, indiscriminate cuts that sequestration will impose.