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Judi Lynn

(160,449 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:08 PM Mar 2013

APNewsBreak: Pentagon cuts number of furlough days

Source: Associated Press

APNewsBreak: Pentagon cuts number of furlough days
By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press • Published March 27, 2013

WASHINGTON – Defense officials say the Pentagon will sharply cut the number of unpaid furlough days civilians will have to take in the next several months from 22 to 14, reducing the financial impact of the budget cuts on as many as 700,000 workers.

Officials say Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made the decision Wednesday. Military and defense leaders continue to work through the details, trying to decide how to allocate the more than $10 billion Congress shifted to operations accounts. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Initially, civilians would have had to take one day off each week for 22 weeks.

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/27/2481001/apnewsbreak-pentagon-cuts-number.html#storylink=cpy

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APNewsBreak: Pentagon cuts number of furlough days (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP

So it's not as bad as they said it would be. hay rick Mar 2013 #1

They got an additional 10 billion from the new budget bill that Obama signed this week-- TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #2

Thanks. I missed that story. hay rick Mar 2013 #3

As for everyone else, pound sand. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #4

Maybe they could close some overseas vaction destinations and golf courses that xtraxritical Mar 2013 #5

Longer article on the link below Tx4obama Mar 2013 #6

hay rick

(7,587 posts)

1. So it's not as bad as they said it would be.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:25 PM

Mar 2013

What a surprise.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

2. They got an additional 10 billion from the new budget bill that Obama signed this week--

Reply to hay rick (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:32 PM

Mar 2013

to get them through the rest of the fiscal year. At least that's how I understand it. My husband's former coworkers were to be among those furloughed, so this will make them a little happier, anyway.

hay rick

(7,587 posts)

3. Thanks. I missed that story.

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:42 PM

Mar 2013

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/obama-inks-2013-funding-bill-locking-in-cuts-he-opposes.html

From the story:

"The new law, which runs more than 1,000 pages, orders the Pentagon to continue a tuition-assistance program for the military; adds $10 billion for the Defense Department to train troops and maintain weapons; and boosts an Agriculture Department nutritional assistance program for low-income mothers by $250 million. Under budget cuts, the Women, Infants and Children program had been reduced by about $350 million."