Obama rejects plan for more say in spending cuts to kick in Friday
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama brushed off a Republican plan Tuesday to give him flexibility to allocate $85 billion in looming spending cuts, wanting no part of a deal that would force him to choose between the bad and the terrible.
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