William Bennett : On January 2 , the defense budget will automatically be cut by about $ 500B . This is a huge amount of money that has to go somewhere The results would be nothing short of catastrophic . Now it threatens to gut military , he says . Defense secretary , generals , politicians do n't want it . Washington must stop playing politics , he says , agree to budget deal to end the threat .
William Bennett : On January 2 , the defense budget will automatically be cut by about $ 500B . This is a huge amount of money that has to go somewhere Now it threatens to gut military , he says . Defense secretary , generals , politicians do n't want it . Washington must stop playing politics , he says , agree to budget deal to end the threat .