A $95 billion cut to the Army budget has San Antonio looking down the barrel of 5,900 lost jobs over the course of five years. The sequestration-linked reductions are over 25 percent of the of Army's active-duty force.
Tuesday afternoon, local leaders met with over 1200 community members in a town-hall like "listening session."
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce predicted the affected 6,000 people, and their 9,000 dependents had a $382 million annual impact on the local economy.
What would this reduction mean for your family? What if anything can San Antonio do?
Guests:
- Will Garrett, Vice President of Economic Development at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
- Joe Krier, District 9 councilman for the city of San Antonio
