Leon Panetta expected to recommend smaller - than - expected increase in military pay . Panetta put up rhetoric about impact on Pentagon if automatic spending cuts take effect . ` It 's a smart move , it puts it in Congress ' hands . '' He recently called on Congress to come up with an alternative to the automatic cuts . Two Republicans propose alternative to cuts in order to fund the military .
Leon Panetta expected to recommend smaller - than - expected increase in military pay . Panetta put up rhetoric about impact on Pentagon if automatic spending cuts take effect . He recently called on Congress to come up with an alternative to the automatic cuts . Two Republicans propose alternative to cuts in order to fund the military .