KQED PBS NewsHour February 20, 2013
Effect of automatic federal budget cuts, due to begin in nine days, on march first. Defense secretary leon panetta notified his entire civilian work force that employees could be sent home without pay. The warning was aimed at Defense Department workers at the pentagon and around the world. Secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. In it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming acrosstheboard cuts. And, he said on our civilians it will be catastrophic. Woodruff within hours, top pentagon officials were out,...