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Pentagon delays furlough decision while analyzing funding bill
Source: Reuters
Pentagon delays furlough decision while analyzing funding bill
WASHINGTON | Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - The Pentagon has decided to delay for two weeks a decision on how much of its 800,000-strong civilian workforce will be put on unpaid leave as a result of $46 billion in additional budget cuts this year, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Robbins said the decision was delayed for two weeks to give the Defense Department time to analyze the impact of a 2013 fiscal year funding measure approved by Congress that is now before President Barack Obama.
(Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by Sandra Maler)
WASHINGTON | Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - The Pentagon has decided to delay for two weeks a decision on how much of its 800,000-strong civilian workforce will be put on unpaid leave as a result of $46 billion in additional budget cuts this year, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Robbins said the decision was delayed for two weeks to give the Defense Department time to analyze the impact of a 2013 fiscal year funding measure approved by Congress that is now before President Barack Obama.
(Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by Sandra Maler)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/21/us-usa-fiscal-defense-idUSBRE92K0VJ20130321