Marcus Weisgerber talked about the impact sequestration would have on the Department of Defense, including reduced training for Army units, cuts to the military’s Tricare health system, and restructured defense contracts. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
“Sequestration,” a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget cut in order to take back deficit spending, was agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011 and scheduled to happen on March 1, 2013.