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Jared Serbu, DoD Reporter, Federal News Radio

The Pentagon says Congress needs to approve the President's request to exceed the sequestration budget caps in 2016 and beyond, or the military's reduced readin...

Federal News Network Staff

February 10, 2015 4:28 pm

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The Pentagon says Congress needs to approve the President’s request to exceed the sequestration budget caps in 2016 and beyond, or the military’s reduced readiness will fall even further. But Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work says it’s not purely a money problem. As Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu reports, the military services won’t get to “full spectrum” readiness for another eight years, even in a best-case scenario.