Defense

The US at risk of coercion

How will the Budget Control Act impact national security? "We will no longer be immune from coercion," said Joint Chief's Chairman General Martin Dempsey, speak...

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July 29, 2014 9:03 am

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How will the Budget Control Act impact national security? “We will no longer be immune from coercion,” said Joint Chief’s Chairman General Martin Dempsey, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum. Dempsey borrowed the original quote by Creighton Edwards in 1974 to illustrate concerns about how budget cuts will affect the U.S. Moving forward, Dempsey said, “if we stay on this path, we will no longer be as immune as you think we should be.”