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Pentagon notifies Congress of likely furloughs

Posted on 20 February 2013. Tags: Congress, furloughs, Likely, notifies, Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Congress that if automatic budget cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the “vast majority” of the Defense Department’s 800,000 civilian workers.

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