Initial FY-13 Deals Exempt From Sequester, But DOD Would Face $50B Bill
Defense Department contracts awarded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 would essentially be exempt from sequestration, but that is providing little comfort to the industrial base given that the budget-cutting mechanism would still confront DOD with roughly $50 billion in cuts in FY-13.
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