Dems, GOP can only agree defense cuts bad
WASHINGTON – The only thing a bitterly partisan Congress can agree on as it heads for the exits is that looming defense cuts will have a devastating effect on the military.
No resolution emerged Thursday to avert $55 billion in cuts to a defense budget of roughly $600 billion, beginning Jan. 2.
A House Armed Services hearing with the Pentagon comptroller and the services’ vice chiefs devolved into finger-pointing between Republicans and Democrats.
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