The Defense Department will face cuts totaling $46 billion in fiscal year 2013 if sequestration is implemented, a bill so huge that it would not help much if Congress were to grant the Pentagon flexibility in how to allocate the reductions, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on sequestration , Carter urged lawmakers to find a way to stop the automatic cuts, which are slated to go into effect March 1. DOD...
