Eric Edelman, Robert Kagan, William Kristol, and Dan Senor, all board members of the Foreign Policy Initiative, released the following statement this morning:

“Congress is now weighing a stopgap funding bill that would give the Pentagon modest flexibility to absorb sequestration cuts in fiscal year 2013.  This bill, however, will not reverse defense sequestration, and the funding level for the rest of FY 2013 could do real damage to our defense capabilities, and our ability to maintain global security and to protect our economic and strategic interests.