DefenceTalkHeavy US government spending cuts took a sharp swing on Monday as the Pentagon began putting about 650,000 civilian workers on unpaid leave. The Department of Defense’s civilian employees face furloughs of up to 11 days through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The furloughs will slash their paychecks by 20 percent […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-begins-furloughs-civilians-48336/