but then it's concentrated in certain areas like hindsville, alabama.ense contractors will lay people off as their contracts are reduced. -- hunstville. federal employees will get 22 days of unpaid leaves, which is one of the bears salary being cut for the rest of the year. host: house republicans want to put a bill on the floor by thursday that would keep the sequester in place by giving the pentagon and veterans administration's some flexibility. what does that do with sequester? guest: with the veterans administration, it does not do much. veterans is basically exempt from the sequester. for the department of defense, it would give it flexibility to make some strategic cuts. defense officials have said at this point we only have seven months left in the fiscal year. even if they have the flexibility, it does not help them that much, because they have to do so much in such a short time. they've got to reduce the spending by the end of the fiscal year. the president has said he does not want that flexibility, because he does not want to acknowledge tha

but then it's concentrated in certain areas like hindsville, alabama. defense contractors will lay people off as their contracts are reduced. -- hunstville. federal employees will get 22 days of unpaid leaves, which is one of the bears salary being cut for the rest of the year. host: house republicans want to put a bill on the floor by thursday that would keep the sequester in place by giving the pentagon and veterans administration's some flexibility. what does that do with sequester? guest: with the veterans administration, it does not do much. veterans is basically exempt from the sequester. for the department of defense, it would give it flexibility to make some strategic cuts. defense officials have said at this point we only have seven months left in the fiscal year. even if they have the flexibility, it does not help them that much, because they have to do so much in such a short time. they've got to reduce the spending by the end of the fiscal year. the president has said he does not want that flexibility, because he does not want to acknowledge