Hagel Issues Farewell Warning Against Sequestration During Press Conference

摘要

Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel used what he said is likely to be his last press conference to again warn the public against the dangers of budgetary sequestration on the Defense Department. Hagel told reporters at the Pentagon last week that DOD needs budget predictability in order to function successfully. "This institution will not be able to fulfill the commitments of the president's defense strategies with the kind of continued abrupt, steep, large cuts that sequestration will demand," he said.