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These cuts a secret -- don't tell anybody, he says -- keep it a secret, until, of course, after the election. >> greta: but democrats argue there is no reason to alarm thousands of workers before the outcome of sequestration is known. the defense industry is caught in the middle. we have jeremy herd from the hill. who started this? was it a memo from the department of labor? >> that's correct. there is a memo issue onned on monday, saying it was inappropriate to issuing the layoffs as a result of the sequestration cuts. now the issue, whether it becomes an election issue is that sequestration ...

These cuts a secret -- don't tell anybody, he says -- keep it a secret, until, of course, after the election. >> greta: but democrats argue there is no reason to alarm thousands of workers before the outcome of sequestration is known. the defense industry is caught in the middle. we have jeremy herd from the hill. who started this? was it a memo from the department of labor? >> that's correct. there is a memo issue onned on monday, saying it was inappropriate to issuing the layoffs as a result of the sequestration cuts. now the issue, whether it becomes an election issue is that sequestration ...

layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this notification. as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. we're talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2 snd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see that's three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the labor department. here's t...

as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. we're talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2nd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see that's three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the labor department. here's the letter. oates writes, quote, the warn act notice to employees of federa...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we're talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be...