Despite a stern warning from the Senate Budget Committee chairman about the likelihood of more defense cuts that would not be as extreme as sequestration, the Defense Department is not planning for that scenario, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said today. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), during a Feb. 28 hearing, counseled Hale, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey to come to grips with the likelihood of more cuts. "I hope the conclusion is not...
