Sequestration Hearing?

Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale will meet with House and Senate Armed Services Committee staffers tomorrow morning in advance of a planned Senate hearing at which Defense Department officials are expected to be pressed to divulge the impact that sequestration would have on the military.

Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton, the Air Force's deputy assistant secretary for budget, and representatives of the other services will be at the meeting as well, according to a source.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) announced during last week's confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Charles Hagel that the committee expected to hold a hearing soon on the impact of sequestration on the Defense Department.

That hearing, though highly anticipated, has not been formally scheduled, according to a source familiar with the committee's plans for the upcoming week. “We don't have all the details locked down yet,” the source told Inside the Air Force.