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https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635803462611872047-commentry-promojpg.jpg?w=600600600It is time for Congress to repeal sequestration. Implemented in 2013 by the Budget Control Act of 2011, sequestration reduced funding to government departments with the bulk of the cuts coming from the Department of Defense.