he Defense Department would be forced to cut 108,000 civilian employees (13.7%) from its 791,000-person work force by 13.7 percent in fiscal 2013 to achieve its share of the reductions ~~ $56.5 billion or 10.3 percent of mandatory defense sequestration cuts. Defense contractors would see more gradual cuts as existing contracts run out and are not renewed.
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