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Stewart hanged himself with bedsheet, authorities say

Walter Pincus

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, right, and U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, discuss the federal deficit and looming budget cuts Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Simpson and Crapo believe it's unlikely Republicans and Democrats will reach a compromise before the March 1 fiscal deadline triggering $85 billion in spending cuts. (AP Photo/Todd Dvorak)

Defense has some wiggle room on cuts

Last updated Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 10:50am

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department could have some wiggle room to avoid major cuts in readiness as the sequester looms, according to a recent Congressional Research Service analysis by Amy Belasco, a specialist in U.S. defense policy and budgets.

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BRAC savings tainted by cost overruns

Walter Pincus The Washington Post

Last updated Friday, July 6, 2012 - 6:24pm

A proposal to grant the Obama administration the authority to start two new rounds of military Base Realignment and Closure was dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, and the Government Accountability Office probably hammered the last nail in the coffin Friday.

I’m not going to focus on all the federal and state horse-trading that precedes a final base closing list or which unit goes where.

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