furlough 20,000 civilians up to 22 days. 80% live outside the beltway in washington and work at army depots and navy ship, work on ships outside of the beltway. he anticipates losing 100,000 army personnel if sequestration happens. only 16 days are left to stop sequestration. martha: when you think about it, jennifer, these cuts were designed to be devastating. they were designed to be so devastating that congress would never allow them to kick in. that is where we find ourselves now. with this as backdrop the president is expected to make announcement tonight about troop levels in afghanistan, right? reporter: that s right. as you mentioned sequestration was never supposed to happen. it was supposed to be a poison pill so difficult it wouldn t happen. what we expect to hear tonight from president obama during the state of the union address, he is, we re anticipate that he will announce that 34,000 u.s. troops will be home in a year, in a year s time from now. this is part of the dra
attest to the fact that it s more dangerous than it s ever been. reporter: it has already had a significant impact on navy families in norfolk, virginia. when the navy announced last week that they would not have enough in its budget to deploy the uss truman to the persian gulf, that deployment was canceled on friday because of the looming budget cuts. the army chief said they would have to curtail training 80% of the ground forces, furlough 20,000 civilians for up to 22 days, 80% of whom live outside of the washington area and work at army depots and navy yards across the country. bases will have to be closed, and general odierno anticipates losing 100,000 army personnel if sequestration happens. 3,000 small businesses will lose army contracts and could face bankruptcy according to odierno. with all of this as a backdrop, the president is going to make an announcement tonight about troop levels in afghanistan announcing that 34,000 u.s. troops will be home a year from