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Thin Ice on Blood and Treasure

Some members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have warned that the sequester will cause troops and civilians to die. Mixing – confusing — this blood and treasure leads to a slippery slope.

By Feb. 18, 2013
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ISKANDARIYA, IRAQ - JULY 15: A US soldier watches as an American chinook helicopter flies overhead as soldiers with the 509th Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry's Aviation Brigade launch a joint air assault, raiding over 30 targeted areas in a large rural area on July 15, 2007 in Iskandariya, Iraq. The raid targeted IED production and a search for suspected insurgents. The area south of Baghdad has had little US army presence in the last 6 months, and is considered a haven for Al Qaeda in Iraq. (Photo by Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images)