Pentagon urges delay in "devastating" $46 billion budget cuts

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Pentagon urges delay in "devastating" $46 billion budget cuts

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-deputy-chief-urges-delay-46-billion-budget-145512607.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ydXo3cb0CpJNT0FdX.EiyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-12T145858Z_1_CBRE91B15MD00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN-US.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter adjusts his glasses during his meeting with Japanese Senior Vice Defence Minister Watanabe during their meeting in Tokyo" align="left" title="U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter adjusts his glasses during his meeting with Japanese Senior Vice Defence Minister Watanabe during their meeting in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's civilian and military leaders warned in dire terms on Tuesday that $46 billion in budget cuts due to go into effect in two weeks would erode the nation's ability to go to war and appealed to Congress to delay the reductions. The automatic, across-the-board cuts will force the Pentagon to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 22 days, slash ship and aircraft maintenance and curtail training, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee. &quot;These devastating events are no longer distant problems. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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