Could the Sequestration Cuts to Defense Make the US a ‘Second-Rate Power’?

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Could the Sequestration Cuts to Defense Make the US a ‘Second-Rate Power’?
Could the Sequestration Cuts to Defense Make the US a ‘Second-Rate Power’?

Outgoing Secretary of State Leon Panetta said on that the United States could “become a second-rate power” if the sequestration cuts follow through on March 1, forcing an additional $40 billion at least in cuts to the Defense Department.

Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Professor Bill Smullen, director of the National Security Studies within the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, to discuss the sequestration and defense cuts.

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Carmen is a multimedia journalist based in Washington, DC whose work has appeared in a variety of outlets including National Geographic, NBC News, the BBC, Asia! Magazine, The China Post, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel.

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