WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- If the sequester extends into fiscal year 2014, the Pentagon would be forced to impose a series of draconian moves, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned.
In a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hagel estimated the sequester would remove $52 billion from defense spending in FY 2014 in addition to the $37 billion eliminated in FY 2013, drastically reducing "the size, the readiness and the technological superiority of our military," Military.com reported Thursday.