Article Photos: Looming federal cuts big risk to small companies



  In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, photo, Amber Peebles, left, and Melissa Schneider, co-owners of Athena Construction Group, pose for a portrait at their office in Dumfries, Va. Athena Construction Group, has been a contractor and subcontractor on federal construction projects since 2009. The company gets 85 percent of their revenue from the government doing everything from carpentry work to helping build hospitals for the Veterans Administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, photo, Amber Peebles, left, and Melissa Schneider, co-owners of Athena Construction Group, pose for a portrait at their office in Dumfries, Va. Athena Construction Group, has been a contractor and subcontractor on federal construction projects since 2009. The company gets 85 percent of their revenue from the government doing everything from carpentry work to helping build hospitals for the Veterans Administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)