• Panetta warns of 'crisis' in military readiness

  • Looming across-the-board budget cuts present the U.S. military with the most significant readiness crisis in more than a decade and quick action is needed to avoid the spending reductions, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned during testimony Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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  • WASHINGTON
    By DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press
    RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
    Updated Feb. 7, 2013 @ 2:09 pm
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