'DOOMSDAY' DEFENSE CUTS loom large for deficit committee. "For committee members such as Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the threat of Pentagon cuts is an incentive to come up with $1.5 trillion in savings over a decade. Failure would have brutal implications for hundreds of thousands workers back home." It will be interesting to watch Patty Murray. Will she be loyal to her state or her party?