"There are concerns about any further cuts in the discretionary budget."
"The President has made numerous proposals to stop sequestration."
"If you cut the civilian workforce within the Department of Defense, you are cutting defense."
"Cuts to civilian workforce are more than one dollar."
"No one really wants to cut defense by this amount."
"Sequestration has failed to motivate Congress to adopt sound fiscal policy."
"Sequestration will be damaging to national security."
"Sequestration must be prevented."
"I think you did what you could, basically, to make sure that people were aware of what was coming."
"I will also tell you--I will answer the question, since Ash Carter isn't here to answer it--cuts to civilian workforce are more than one dollar."
"It is clear that, so far, sequestration has failed to motivate Congress to adopt sound fiscal policy."
"I agree with Secretary Panetta's description of sequestration as a 'disaster in terms of the Defense Department.'"