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GOP Leaders Push Back On Simply Delaying DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Monday, July 16th, 2012

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Republican leaders in the House and Senate told President Barack Obama they would not support delaying the start of so-called sequestration cuts next January that could slice $500 billion off planned Pentagon spending over the next decade. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), along with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), fired off a letter to Obama last Friday raising concerns about reports the Obama officials advised Senate Democratic…

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