Reuters: Politics: Pentagon buyers authorized to discuss budget cuts with industry

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Pentagon buyers authorized to discuss budget cuts with industry Feb 21st 2013, 21:02 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Panetta notifies Congress of Pentagon plan to furlough civilians Wed, Feb 20 2013 Juggling priorities, Pentagon tries to protect war funding, troops Wed, Feb 20 2013 Obama puts fresh pressure on Republicans to avert spending cuts Tue, Feb 19 2013 Pentagon urges delay in "devastating" $46 billion budget cuts Tue, Feb 12 2013 White House warns of damaging "sequestration" spending cuts Fri, Feb 8 2013 A commercial plane flies past the Pentagon as security watch from the roof September 11, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed WASHINGTON | Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:02pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's top weapons buyer on Thursday authorized Defense Department purchasers and program managers to begin talking to industry partners about plans for implementing $46 billion in budget cuts on March 1 and the impact it may have on business. The directions from Frank Kendall, under secretary of defense for acquisition, were the first time Pentagon contracting and acquisitions personnel have been authorized to consult with their industry counterparts about the upcoming spending cuts, known as sequestration. (Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by David Brunnstrom) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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