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February 21, 2013

Pentagon Notifies Staffers of Sequestration Furloughs 
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The Pentagon has notified its 800,000 civilian employees of likely
furloughs should automatic spending cuts kick in at the end of the
month. The military will lose $46 billion in funding unless President
Obama and congressional Republicans can resolve their latest budget
standoff by March 1st.

 

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