msnbc.msn.com - 5/7/2009
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President Barack Obama has signed off on a roster of 121 budget cuts totaling $17 billion — or about one-half of 1 percent of the $3.4 trillion budget Congress has approved for next year.
cbsnews.com - 5/7/2009
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cbsnews.com —
In remarks on his administration's proposed $17 billion
in cuts from the 2010 budget this morning, President...
Obama was somewhat on the defensive against charges that his cuts don't amount to much considering that next year's total budget amounts to ...
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Obama Tells Journalists To Stress "Significant" Nature ...
washingtontimes.com - 5/8/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
But Pentagon outlays will rise By David M.
Dickson ( Contact ) | Friday, May 8, 2009...
President Obama has targeted the Department of Defense to absorb more than 80 percent of the cuts he has proposed in next year's budget for discretionary programs. ...
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Obama budget cuts target military funding
news.yahoo.com - 5/7/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Thursday
to approve $17 billion in additional spending cuts in...
the coming budget year, a sum that amounts to less than one-half of one percent of the total federal budget. Obama acknowledged ...
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Obama moves to cut $17 billion from budget
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... of his federal budget today. He also identified $17 billion in spending cuts , which was immediately deemed insufficient. (The White House has posted the budget and related materials ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 5/8/2009 —
It's bad enough the administration was taking heat about whether $17 billion is a big budget cut or not. Now, it appears a bunch of Congressional Democrats might not even agree to those cuts.
Notes the Washington Post's Balz : "To date, ...
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