Kevin Drum: Here's Why the Pentagon Is Facing $20 Billion in Extra Cuts Next Year: Noted for August 19, 2013
Kevin Drum: Here's Why the Pentagon Is Facing $20 Billion in Extra Cuts Next Year: Matt Glassman explains: "The 2011 BCA sets up different def of 'security spending' for FY12/13 and for FY14+."… Aha!… In the 2013 sequester, "security" was trimmed about $55 billion in annual terms, but some of that went to cuts at the VA, DHS, and State. In 2014, the entire $55 billion gets taken from the Pentagon budget. Apparently that adds up to about $20 billion more in pure defense cuts.
