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Congress

SASC Leaders United Against More DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Monday, October 17th, 2011

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Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leaders joined with their House counterparts last Friday in rejecting any further cuts to the Pentagon’s long-term discretionary budget by a deficit-reducing panel. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) tells the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which has a Nov. 23 deadline for finding up to $1.5 trillion in longterm government savings, that the $450 billion cut over the summer from the Pentagon’s 10-year plans is enough. “In light of the programmatic challenges (the Department…

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