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May 6, 2013 By AMK

Pentagon prepares to ask U.S. Congress for break from “sequester”

The Pentagon is preparing to ask Congress soon for more authority to shift funds to cope with automatic spending cuts,  confronting lawmakers with another exception to the “sequester” just days after they gave a break to the flying public and the airline industry.

The request may be sent to the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee as early as next week, a House Republican aide said on Wednesday.

The Pentagon won increased budget flexibility in March, but officials have told members of Congress they believe it was insufficient to cover shortfalls in training and operations.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/01/usa-fiscal-defense-idUSL2N0DI1P120130501.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: budget cuts, DoD, re-program, sequestration, spending

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