wtorek, 5 marca 2013

Obama Faces Political Risks in Emphasizing Effects of Spending Cuts

“I've instructed not just my White House but every agency to make sure that regardless of some of the challenges that they may face because of sequestration, we're not going to stop working on behalf of the American people,” Mr. Obama said, using theThe Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, released an all-hands message ("ALNAV") detailing the first steps the Navy will take to rectify budget constraints. In total, four Navy Air Wings will remain on the ground and 8 shipOn the one hand, Boehner told Meet the Press moderator David Gregory over the weekend that he was skeptical about the impact of sequestration. "I don't know whether it's going to hurt the economy or not," Boehner said.With the sequester now beginning, I find myself thinking about Robert F. Kennedy -- and 46 years ago when I was an intern in his Senate office.Friday, Sequestration Day, seemed just as good a time as any to find out. As politicians and pundits debated the effect of billions of dollars in brutally blind cuts, I emptied out my piggy banks and withdrew a little extra cash from the bank. I didn't
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