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Panels To Super Committee: No More DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Friday, October 14th, 2011

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Heads of the House and Senate armed services committees are following through with pledges to recommend a deficit-cutting panel not impose additional cuts on the Pentagon’s discretionary budget. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) unveiled yesterday letters they wrote to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the so-called “super committee.” They both want the Pentagon spared from additional cuts but differ in suggesting how to do so. McKeon proposes cuts to…

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