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Huntsville Police responded to a wreck involving a stolen vehicle Sunday afternoon. Police said juveniles crashed a white crown victoria into another vehicle on Mastin Lake Road. The owner of the vehicleMore >>
Huntsville Police responded to a wreck involving a stolen vehicle Sunday afternoon. Police said juveniles crashed a white crown victoria into another vehicle on Mastin Lake Road. The owner of the vehicleMore >>
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The National Weather service confirmed two EF-0 tornados touched down Friday in Limestone County. Showers and storms moved in around 10 a.m. A few of those storms intensified as they tracked eastwardMore >>
The National Weather service confirmed two EF-0 tornados touched down Friday in Limestone County.
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Valley communities came together this week to honor those who lost their lives in the line of duty during Peace Officers Memorial Week. The Athens Police Department honored fallen officers by raisingMore >>
Valley communities came together this week to honor those who lost their lives in the line of duty during Peace Officers Memorial Week.More >>
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A woman was beaten and robbed in West Huntsville Friday night.More >>
A woman was beaten and robbed in West Huntsville Friday night.More >>
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers said the U.S. military probably will get hit with a devastating series of automatic budget cuts, but he's hopeful military commanders will be able to handle it.
The automatic cuts, known as "sequestration," had been scheduled to hit at the end of 2012 but have been delayed until the beginning of March.
Rogers is now chairman of the new House Strategic Forces Subcommittee, which oversees initiatives like NASA and Missile Defense through Redstone.
He said the federal government must get its spending under control but also needs to get its priorities straight.
"The truth is you don't really need a lot of Medicare and Medicaid and social security if you've been attacked and you've got tanks in your streets, so we want to make sure we keep the nation safe first and foremost, but we also want to keep those vital programs that are critical to our country," he said.
Talks on how sequestration will hit are still going on in Washington.
Rogers said blind across the board budget cuts would be a disaster for American national security. He said he hopes the Pentagon will at least be given the flexibility to figure out where the cuts should hit in the military budget.
Rogers is now chairman of the new House Strategic Forces Subcommittee, which oversees initiatives like NASA and Missile Defense through Redstone.
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