FBI Agents to Discuss Sequestration, Furlough Impacts On Law Enforcement, National Security Issues at National Press Club "NEWSMAKER" Media Briefing

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Nov 25, 2013, 12:50 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FBI agents will discuss how sequestration's mandated budget cuts are affecting daily FBI operations and hampering criminal and national security investigations, as well as the risks associated with additional budget cuts and furloughs expected early next year, at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Wednesday, December 4.

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Leaders of the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) will also update the group's recent report Voices from the Field: FBI Agent Accounts of the Real Consequences of Budget Cuts. The report contains field reports from FBI Special Agents illustrating the impact of budget cuts on their work.

Speaking at the Newsmaker news conference will be FBIAA President Reynaldo Tariche and several active duty FBI agents from around the country.

This NPC Newsmaker news conference is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 4 at 10 a.m. in the Club's Zenger Room, on the 13th floor of the National Press Building at 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC, 20045.

Contact: Frank Maisano, NPC Newsmakers Committee/host
202 828-5864, [email protected]

SOURCE National Press Club