Bennett : On Last week , the defense budget will automatically be cut by $ 500 billion . William Bennett : ` ` Sequestration '' was meant to spur Washington to make a responsible deal . Now it threatens to gut military , he says . the Labor Department secretary , generals , politicians do n't want it . On November 14 , 2011 , Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta wrote a letter to Sens . John McCain and Lindsey Graham explaining the ramifications of the full sequestration defense cuts . Washington must stop playing politics , he says , agree to budget deal to end the threat .
Bennett : On Last week , the defense budget will automatically be cut by $ 500 billion . William Bennett : `` Sequestration '' was meant to spur Washington to make a responsible deal . Now it threatens to gut military , he says . the Labor Department secretary , generals , politicians do n't want it . Washington must stop playing politics , he says , agree to budget deal to end the threat .