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Pentagon keeps cushion against spending caps

By Tara Copp

Published February 22, 2015 10:00am ET

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Pentagon keeps cushion against spending caps — The Pentagon has a safety cushion of $86 billion in cash it could use to fund critical needs if sequestered. (iStock Photo) | [email protected]

The Pentagon has a safety cushion of $86 billion in cash it could shift to fund critical needs if Congress doesn’t raise the sequester spending caps.

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