98% of what Boehner wanted hits military hard

This is what Boehner had to say about the cuts In an interview with CBS' Scott Pelley from August 2011, Boehner conveys that he was very pleased with the result of the negotiation: Boehner: When you look at this final agreement that we came to with the White House, I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy.

Reminder of how we got here is Congress didn't do their jobs. The budge is their responsibility and the only budget they came up with didn't have a chance in hell of passing the Senate because it was not, repeat, not what the American people wanted. It was Paul Ryan's budget that slaughtered the middle class, poor, elderly, veterans, disabled and anything that didn't matter to the rich they were protecting. Now they can't understand that all of this is also hurting the people protecting this country!

Army plans $92 million in cuts at West Point
By Brian Tumulty
Gannett Washington Bureau
Posted : Wednesday Feb 20, 2013

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point will take the biggest hit from planned Army budget cuts in New York.

The military academy has been targeted for $92 million of the $351 million in Pentagon money that will be slashed statewide when across-the-board federal “sequestration” cuts take effect March 1.

Construction of a new dormitory to house 650 cadets will be postponed.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a request for proposals to build the $170 million dormitory late last year, but a contract has not yet been awarded.

The dormitory would be the first new one at West Point since 1965 and the first since the academy opened its doors to women. Women comprise 18 percent of the cadet corps.
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