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The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) operating in the Atlantic Ocean in this December 9, 2012 US Navy handout image. The US military will maintain only one aircraft carrier in the Gulf instead of two due to potential deep budget cuts that could kick in next month, Pentagon officials said on February 6, 2013. The deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman USS was has been cancelled while the USS John Stennis aircraft carrier remains in the Gulf, and is due to be relieved by the USS Dwight Eisenhower by early March, officials said. AFP PHOTO/HANDOUT/US NAVY = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT ' AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / MC3 Kristina Young ' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =HO/AFP/Getty Images

Pentagon braces for sequestration cuts

Ernesto Londoño and Lisa Rein

The likely $46 billion cut is forcing commanders across the military to plan for painful reductions.

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