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Budget

Obama: Stop Sequester Cuts With Bipartisan Tax Deal

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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President Barack Obama called during his State of the Union address for Congress to avert looming “sequestration” budget cuts in part though “bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform.” Republicans skeptical of Obama’s approach to stopping the $1.2 trillion reduction to defense and non-defense spending--which is widely unpopular in Washington--charged in advance of his Tuesday night speech that he has not done enough to stop sequestration from starting March 1. Obama dedicated roughly 800 words to deficit reduction and sequestration during his address to…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

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