Top Senate Republican doubts damage from defense cuts

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11. The Defense Department is able to shift funds

So ultimately the Secretary of Defense is deciding what gets cut.

The Department of Defense is the biggest 'loser' of any government department. It's estimated that the DoD would have to cut 11 percent of its budget each year to reach the $55 billion cuts.

The Defense Department would be able to shift funds "to ensure war fighting and critical military readiness capabilities were not degraded," but non-deployed units, equipment and facilities, and research and development efforts would all take a hit.

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I agree with you about buying less vehicles and other new material, and I think closing foreign military bases should be a top priority. But in my opinion, new toys and foreign outposts are among the last things that the Pentagon would voluntarily give up.

This year's military personnel accounts have been exempted from sequestration by President Obama, so cutting your fiancee's pay is not one of the Pentagon's options.