Hail calls Govt shutdown threat 'short-sighted'

US Military Aircraft: Verteidigung Minister Chuck Hagel criticizes Congress on Saturday as "remarkably irresponsible" and said that the use of threats, to satisfy Government to a political mood to close is dangerously short-sighted.
Hail, less than half of the civilian population, leading the Government that next week would be furloughed if Congress does not reach a budget agreement, told reporters that the blockade threatens delaying cheques, soldiers in Afghanistan.
"If you look at the biggest democracy in the world, the largest economy in the world, and we enforce our staff - that is not leadership. The abdication of responsibilities is"hail told reporters on his plane en route to South Korea. "This is a remarkably irresponsible way to govern."
Hagel added: "it is really dangerous, short-sighted and irresponsible, because what this bring in the United States of America, if this continues, we have a country ungovernable."
400,000 Defense Department civilians could be confronted about furloughs, fails Congress to arrange a short-term investment plan the Government run to keep. And while the military forces continue to work and be paid eventually, shut down delay their payment would until funding was restored.
There are about 800,000 civilians in the Department and 1.4 million active duty military members. Approximately half of the population would be tax-exempt furloughs, and she would only figures retroactively, if the legislation, which gives it.
On Friday legislation would sent back Senators to the House that the Government keep doors until Nov. 15 have opened. Majority Democrats removed a provision of the affordable care Act, Obamacare called defund. But House Republicans have broken with tea partyers that they will not support a measure as closes financing health care President Barack Obama law.
Hail, a former Senator who served as a soldier in the Viet Nam war, said lawmakers need to stop and think about the young service members, who can be married and have one or two children at home. Many of them, he said, have not much more money and go, without a paycheck to get even for a short time, would be difficult.
Hagel said, much in the last few weeks in talks with his budget staff spent his time to fight them with plans for shutting down the Government, and also tried to identify further savings in order to comply with impending budget.
Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, said in a briefing Friday reporters that the Pentagon start all military operations, which are appointed by the President. Hale asked, whether a military strike in Syria, for example, the shutdown could be carried out, said that if executives ordered.
Combat units, including troops in Afghanistan or ships in the Mediterranean, can continue activities and training, carrying out part of a military operation. Other training not on a particular operation bound would not go further. LD/UNB

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