Anti-Sequestration Press Conference, 9:00 am ET, DC

11-Feb-2013 through 11-Feb-2013

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and a broad range of other organizations will hold a joint press conference on Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:00 am ET at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to talk about the dire effects on defense and non-defense activities if sequestration goes into effect on March 1.   It will do so unless Congress acts before then to postpone the across-the-board federal spending cuts or replace them with other methods of reducing the deficit.    The groups that will speak at the press conference are:

Marion C. Blakey, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association

Wes Bush, Chairman of AIA and Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation

Emily Holubowich, Executive Director, Coalition for Health Funding and Co-Chair, NDD United

Peter McPherson, President of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Hunter Rawlings, President of the Association of American Universities

More detail are on AIA's website.

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