Politics

White House Denies Republican Charges of Scare Tactics Around Sequester

Overblown?

As President Obama warns of the pain from deep budget cuts, Republicans are accusing him of crying wolf.

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President Obama, taking his campaign against automatic spending cuts on the road, had a ready answer on Tuesday for Republicans who want to put the meat cleaver in his hands:

Not happening.

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Appearing before hardhat-wearing shipyard workers in Newport News, Va.,

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