Effect of automatic federal budget cuts, due to begin in nine days, on march first. Defense secretary leon panetta notified his entire civilian work force that employees could be sent home without pay. The warning was aimed at Defense Department workers at the pentagon and around the world. Secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. In it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming acrosstheboard cuts. And, he said on our civilians it will be catastrophic. Woodruff within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. Civilians will experience a 20 percent decrease in their pay between late april and september. As a result, many families will be forced to make difficult decisions on where their financial obligations lie. Reporter the furloughs could start in late april and save roughly 5 billion. Uniformed personnel at war would be exempt, but
Budget cuts, due to begin in nine days, on march first. Defense secretary leon panetta notified his entire civilian work force that employees could be sent home without pay. The warning was aimed at Defense Department workers at the pentagon and around the world. Secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. In it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming acrosstheboard cuts. And, he said on our civilians it will be catastrophic. Woodruff within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. Civilians will experience a 20 percent decrease in their pay between late april and september. As a result, many families will be forced to make difficult decisions on where their financial obligations lie. Reporter the furloughs could start in late april and save roughly 5 billion. Uniformed personnel at war would be exempt, but in a letter to congress, pan
Mind and when has our mind been closed because of a bias . Woodruff plus, we have two medical research stories. First, our week long focus on guns. After newtown continues, with a report from miles obrien on what science can tell us about the minds of rampage killers. Andy williams called me collect inside the prisop. I didnt think 13 people were going to get shot. I just thought id make a lot of noise and the cops would show up. Ifill Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of health, walks us through president obamas call for a tenyear initiative to map the human brain. Woodruff plus, Jeffrey Brown reports on an archaeological find in the Orkney Islands off scotland that may provide new insight into religious practices in the neolithic age. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broa
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill defense secretary leon panetta warned today he may furlough the vast majority of the departments 800,000 civilian workers, if automatic spending cuts take effect. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff nd im ju woodff. On the newshour tonight, we assess the sequestration threat and zero in on the defense cuts with deputy secretary ashton carter. Ifill then, we have a conversation with Justice Sonia sotomayor the first hispanic member of the Supreme Court about her life before and on the bench. Sort of fine walking that were always doing between when are we listening with an open mind and when has our mind been closed because of a bias . Woodruff plus, we have two medical research stories. First, our week long focus on guns. After newtown continues, with a report from miles obrien on what science can tell us about the minds of rampage killers. Andy williams called me collect inside the prisop. I didnt think 13 people were going to
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