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Securing America: Defense Cuts Warning

 

With less than two weeks left for the Supercommittee, to come up with a deficit shrinking plan, the pressure keeps mounting.  Now, the U.S. Defense Chief is warning Congress what could happen if they don’t get the job done.

FOX News Radio’s Lisa Brady has more in our ongoing series on national security:

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If the Supercommittee fails to reach agreement triggering automatic cuts, Secretary Leon Panetta says it would virtually double the cuts Defense is facing, and lead to across the board reductions.  Reiterating the warning of a hollowed out force.

Panetta: “The hallow Military has the organizational structure but lacks the people, the training, and the equipment it needs to actually get the job done.”

A paper tiger, says Panetta with low morale and poor readiness.

Panetta: “And is unable to keep up with potential advesaries.  In effect, it invites aggression.”

He’s urging Congress to show the quote “necessary leadership, to get the job done.”

Lisa Brady, FOX News Radio.

 




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One Comment

  1. Jerome McCollom

    November 11, 2011 at 10:48 am

    So, with these cuts, at what point do we not have the largest, most powerful and expensive military in the world? Answer, at no time. See, cuts are relative because even with the biggest possible cuts, we still have the largest military in the world. Who are we afraid of, the Chinese crossing the Pacific and invading? That's inane, they can't even conquor Taiwan. What China does is destroy our manufacturing base with cheap goods. Why aren't we more concerned about that and put tarrifs on Chinese goods?

    The military budget to a large extent is driven by legal campaign bribes by defense contractors to politicans. How many fighters close to a billion dollars a piece do we need to fight Al Qaida tribesman armed with no much more than AK-47s?