Panetta Blasts Congress for Failure to Avert Sequestration

Panetta Blasts Congress for Failure to Avert Sequestration

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta blasted Congress yesterday for threatening the Defense Department with sequestration he said would be devastating to the force.

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