{"id":136,"date":"2013-04-25T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=136"},"modified":"2013-04-25T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T20:11:47","slug":"sequester-tight-budgets-means-dhs-buying-less-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Sequester, tight budgets means DHS buying less ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Sequester%2C%20tight%20budgets%20means%20DHS%20buying%20less%20ammunition\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2013\/apr\/25\/sequester-tight-budgets-means-dhs-buying-less-ammu\/\">http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2013\/apr\/25\/sequester-tight-budgets-means-dhs-buying-less-ammu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/staff\/stephen-dinan\/\">Stephen Dinan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Times<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 25, 2013<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/image\/napolitano19jpg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"** FILE ** Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the House Homeland Security Committee. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\n\n\" src=\"http:\/\/media.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2013\/04\/19\/napolitano19_s160x109.jpg?b2afd0d47c869f72bebf23d44ccd05ecef53e640\" width=\"160\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tight budgets are forcing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/united-states-department-of-homeland-security\/\">Homeland Security Department<\/a>\u00a0to buy less ammunition, two top officials are slated to tell\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/house\/\">House<\/a>\u00a0oversight committee continues investigating the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/barack-obama\/\">Obama administration<\/a>\u2019s ammunition purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potential for cuts, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/united-states-department-of-homeland-security\/\">department<\/a>\u00a0still reported stockpiling more than 260 million rounds of ammunition as of November 2012 \u2014 a two-year supply, according to information provided to the committee ahead of a hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2013\/apr\/25\/sequester-tight-budgets-means-dhs-buying-less-ammu\/\">&lt;&lt;Read the entire article&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Sequester%2C%20tight%20budgets%20means%20DHS%20buying%20less%20ammunition\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2013\/apr\/25\/sequester-tight-budgets-means-dhs-buying-less-ammu\/ By\u00a0Stephen Dinan &#8211; The Washington Times Thursday, April 25, 2013 &nbsp; Tight budgets are forcing the\u00a0Homeland Security Department\u00a0to buy less ammunition, two top officials are slated to tell\u00a0Congress\u00a0on Thursday as the\u00a0House\u00a0oversight committee continues investigating the\u00a0Obama administration\u2019s ammunition purchases. 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