Military pay to be exempt from sequestration in 2014

Marine Corps Times: Troops’ pay will continue to be exempted from the budget cuts known as sequestration during fiscal 2014.

The White House formally notified Congress on Friday that the Defense Department’s military personnel accounts will continue to be exempted, a move that will likely force the Pentagon to make deeper reductions in other parts of the defense budget, such as training and readiness, modernization and new weapons systems.

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