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Cato Video • August 23, 2012 

# The Truth about Sequestration 

[https://​www​.cato​.org/​t​h​e​-​t​r​u​t​h​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​s​e​q​u​e​s​t​r​ation](https://www.cato.org/the-truth-about-sequestration/) A single-year cut to military spending isn’t the devastating blow that defenders of the Pentagon argue. Cato’s Christopher Preble, Benjamin Friedman and Dan Mitchell evaluate the prospect of sequestration’s small cut to military spending. Video produced by [Caleb O. Brown](https://www.cato.org/people/caleb-brown) and Austin Bragg.

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##### [Christopher A. Preble](/people/christopher-preble)

Former Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies; Senior Fellow, Stimson Center 

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Policy Director, Defense Priorities

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