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Topic: Budget cuts would force
Navy to shut down four
active aircraft carriers |
Budget cuts would force
Navy to shut down four
active aircraft carriers
Washington Times, by Rowan Scarborough
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 2/20/2013 10:10:36 PM
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| The Navy plans to shut down four of its active aircraft carriers in one of the worst-case scenarios presented to Congress by the service since the debate on budget cuts heated up this winter. The Navy previously announced a delay in deploying the carrier USS Harry Truman to the Middle East, plus a stop in the refueling and overhauling of the nuclear-powered USS Abraham Lincoln and a delay in repairing the USS Theodore Roosevelt. In an 11-page briefing sent to Congress and obtained by The Washington Times, the Navy said it will be forced to “shut down at various intervals”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Indee1, 2/20/2013 10:12:51 PM (No. 9187966)
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
pigop, 2/20/2013 10:50:55 PM (No. 9188016)
It´s Bush´s fault!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
trapper, 2/20/2013 10:51:12 PM (No. 9188017)
From the upper echelons of the Obama Defense Department we get the word that, alas, they shall have no choice but to render us defenseless. What else are they to do? But the generals and admirals will stil have their full complement of valets and aides and chauffers and chefs. Ahhhh, la dolce vita. Makes me sick.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Scribelus, 2/20/2013 10:54:03 PM (No. 9188025)
The budget cuts are imposed solely at the discretion of our Bolshevik president. To reduce genuine defenses instead of food stamps for slackers and payments for the habitually unemployed amounts to foul treason. We´ll see what happens.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
On fire, 2/20/2013 10:55:32 PM (No. 9188028)
This is BOs choice. Let his ´stuff´ hit the fan.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
leonardo, 2/21/2013 1:13:11 AM (No. 9188132)
Bottom Line: Dumbed-down, moocher and collectivist Americans have voted in leaders who have screwed us over royally. The French had the right idea when they brought out the guillotines for their revolution ... I wonder if they still have them to lend out.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/21/2013 3:15:00 AM (No. 9188174)
There is no way to describe how stupid and how dangerous this would be.
No way.
That the possibility was ever drawn up, and then set in motion, shows the ... let´s just say true nature of today´s politicians.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ladychatalie, 2/21/2013 4:24:56 AM (No. 9188195)
Never fear, the DoD research in fuel cells and alternative forms of energy will continue unabated. Soon each soldier will wear propeller beanies to power their radios.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mws50, 2/21/2013 5:12:59 AM (No. 9188205)
obama is lying.The budget "cuts" (reductions in their annual increase) would have no affect on the aircraft carriers, unless obama wanted to make a ridiculous example of them. obama is stupid enough to do that, but it would be a very short term temper tantrum.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chumley, 2/21/2013 6:22:53 AM (No. 9188265)
Why dont they close down a few hundred thousand pencil pusher offices instead? There would be no effect on defense, or really anything else.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
fca, 2/21/2013 9:54:43 AM (No. 9188655)
Meanwhile, his private domestic army is growing .
The TSA / IRS / DHS ... just bought 2 Billion rounds; most were hollow points that are illegal for the military to use against Muslim terrorists; but legal to use against American citizens.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Coy860, 2/21/2013 10:00:39 AM (No. 9188669)
Like a snow storm, just tell all non-essential Federal workers to stay home.
Close the EPA, the Dept. of Education and DRILL for our own black gold.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
toddh, 2/21/2013 10:15:15 AM (No. 9188700)
And cancel the F-35 so we can retire all of the LHAs and LHDs as well. Then the rest of the Marine Corps. Democrats have been trying to cancel the Marines since at least Truman.
The Obamaphone program could buy half of a carrier.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
pigop, 2/21/2013 10:34:47 AM (No. 9188753)
Nothing will make a difference until SS and Medicare are included in the programs to be trimmed a bit. 2 percent across the board is a start. You have 100 dollars to spend, somehow, 2 dollars went missing leaving you with 98 dollars, I am sure you´ll live.
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