WASHINGTON (AP) ? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is warning that the Pentagon may have to mothball up to three Navy aircraft carriers and order more sharp reductions in the size of the Army and Marine Corps, unless Congress acts to avoid massive budget cuts beginning in 2014.?
Hagel told Pentagon reporters on Wednesday that the full result of the sweeping budget cuts over the next 10 years could leave the nation with an ill-prepared, under-equipped military doomed to face more technologically advanced enemies.
During the press briefing Wednesday, Hagel outlined several options for dealing with the sequestration in 2014 -- including changes to military pay and benefits and consolidating headquarters staff members.
The proposed cuts stem from a four-month long "Strategic Choices and Management Review" that the Department of Defense began working on after sequestration went into effect on March 1.
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