Fourth, the Budget Control Act permits the President at his discretion to exempt pay for military personnel from sequestration, which he announced he would do last July.

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Anne Studd QC, representing the police, told the appeal court Sir Robert had failed to understand "the bigger policing picture" and had failed to build in any operational discretion when officers genuinely believed they were in an emergency situation that required them to act at once.

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