Automatic Defense Cuts Called ‘More Likely Than Unlikely’
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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today “it is more likely than unlikely” that automatic defense cuts of as much as $45 billion will be triggered March 1.
Spending reductions known as sequestration will take effect across most of the federal government if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to reach agreement by March 1 on an alternative plan to reduce federal deficits.