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The $487 billion already cut from DoD’s 10-year budget has begun to trickle down to all 50 states – American workers are losing their jobs today. Sequestration and the $1 trillion cut to the DoD budget will trigger devastating layoffs in the aerospace and defense industry, in its supply chain and in communities across America. It is estimated that more than 1 million jobs will be lost as a result.

And that doesn’t include additional job losses from sequestration cuts to FAA and NASA. Enough is enough. America’s global leadership in aerospace and defense is on the brink of becoming second to the rest of the world. Our nation’s security and jobs are on the line.

Act now to stop the clock on sequestration.

Materials

Press Release: New Report Expands on Vital Role of Aerospace and Defense Industry to U.S. Economy
Aerospace Industries Association
March 7, 2012

Report: The Aerospace and Defense Industry in the U.S.: A financial and economic impact study
Deloitte
March 2012

Fact Slides for Deloitte Study
March 2012

Letter to President Barack Obama
By AIA and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
March 2012

Report: The U.S. Economic Impact of Approved and Projected DOD Spending Reductions on Equipment in 2013
By Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.
Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University Professor
Director, Center for Regional Analysis
George Mason University
October 2011

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