A group of 100 Democratic Congressman, led by Jim Himes (D. CT), sent a letter to Obama yesterday urging him to veto a bill that would roll back the defense cuts. Scheduled to take effect in 2013, the sequestration cuts would include $500 billion from the Department of Defense, the…

By Lily Benitez De Luna Senate Republicans are attempting to halt $127 billion in defense cuts triggered by the collapse of the Supercommittee with legislation that would allow the cuts to be made elsewhere. On Thursday, John McCain (R-Az.) and four of his Republican colleagues presented the proposal, which includes…

McCain Vows To Fight Defense Cuts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) released the following statement on Thursday in response to President Obama’s plan to reduce the Pentagon’s budget by nearly $500 billion over the next decade: “Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta began today to reveal the first details of the impacts…