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  1. 31 May PDA Reset Defense Bulletin: White House Determines War Funds Will Be Subject to Sequester icont.ac/15unF
  2. PDA Update: Defense Sense and the Budget Control Act icont.ac/15bdF
  3. May 24 PDA Reset Defense Bulletin: House Passes NDAA $4bn Above POTUS, $8bn Above BCA icont.ac/14Lj7
  4. PDA and CATO's @capreble and Ben Friedman: Defense Sense, Options for Natinal Defense Savings FY2013 bit.ly/JVfq0C
  5. Gordon Adams (@StimsonCTR_BFAD)"Poll Finds Americans Ready to Cut Defense; Public Ignores DC's Shadow Play" aol.it/K0GmYR
  6. CAP @amprog (@LarryKorb, @alexrothman, Max Hoffman) Top 10 Things to Know About Military Compensation bit.ly/IYMne1
  7. Via @cencio4: Eight F-15Es, stationed in the Horn of Africa for decade, may be participating in airstrikes in Yemen bit.ly/KVFsxv
  8. Ben Friedman: "Why Americans Are Less Hawkish than Their Leaders" bit.ly/L7wHqH
  9. S&S @Travis_Tritten: $8.6 bn estimate to move 5000 Marines to Guam from Okinawa, but similar move in 2006 cost $23.9 bn 1.usa.gov/JdHaAs
  10. AOL Def @MarkThompson_DC: The defense budget mess will only get messier, from Battleland ti.me/Kle14f
  11. AOL Def @SydneyFreedberg: "While we squeal a lot about that reduction, we were heading that way anyway"-Hoss Cartwright aol.it/KkcIQi
  12. Repost: @StimsonCenter survey findings, almost 90% of Dems and 66% of GOP public surveyed support cuts in DoD budget bit.ly/JiPwB7
  13. L Ferran, @megcourtney, @LMartinezABC: Panetta puts new restrictions on F-22 flights. Expedites new backup ox supply. abcn.ws/L5nBVA
  14. Via @GregJaffe: NATO head Afghanistan, U.S. Gen Allen, leaving post early 2013 to take the helm of US European Command wapo.st/IVD62Z
  15. New PDA Report Identifies Options for Significant Pentagon Savings in FY13 icont.ac/1479A
  16. 17 May PDA Reset Defense Bulletin: Cartwright Calls for Deep Nuke Cuts As House Takes Up NDAA Bill icont.ac/13ZuE
  17. 11 May PDA Reset Defense Bulletin: House GOP Attempts to Block Sequester as Obama Threatens Veto icont.ac/13fP2