"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday released a sobering report on the deep funding problems looming at the Pentagon, which is on track to fall tens of billions short of what it needs to fulfill the strategic mission that President Obama has articulated for the national defense. The same day, Mr. Obama told congressional Democrats that the Pentagon should get no more attention than many other areas of the budget. ...That can't be the final answer from the Commander in Chief.... Mr. Obama ultimately can't act as though the Defense Department's sequester cuts are equivalent in consequence to every other item in the budget. The country's defense is a core responsibility of the federal government, and its armed forces are critical to the nation's ability to exert leadership, maintain alliances, defend human rights and preserve the nation's safety."-House editorial in the Washington Post, Aug. 3.
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