New Year's deal left Pentagon facing $45 billion in cuts - comptroller
 

08-01-13 05:09 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The New Year's Day law that delayed across-the-board cuts in U.S. defence spending by two months also trimmed the size of the reduction for the 2013 fiscal year by about $17 billion, the Pentagon's chief financial officer said on Monday. Related Stories Iraqi Sunnis, Kurds boycott cabinet session to back protests Uprising verdict shows Bahrain courts can't protect rights ...

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