Carter Directive: Don't 'Take Any Steps That Assume Sequestration Will Occur'

By Dan Dupont / September 28, 2012 at 1:45 AM

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All Defense Department managers and military commanders have been put on notice this week by the Pentagon's No. 2 official: Don't do anything different under the assumption that sequestration will be implemented. The Pentagon also has a blunt message for Congress: Don't go through with sequestration. In a widely distributed Sept. 25 memo obtained by InsideDefense.com, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter tells all of DOD to "continue normal spending and operations. "We do not want our programs, personnel and...

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