Obama Highlights The Defense Hit In Budget Cuts Battle -- Reuters
President Barack Obama took his case for softening the effect of deep budget cuts to a shipyard town dependent on defense contracting on Tuesday, but there was little sign he will be able to halt automatic cuts from starting this week.
"These cuts are wrong. They are not smart, they're not fair. They are a self-inflicted wound that doesn't have to happen," he told workers in Newport News, Virginia.
He was speaking in front of a huge submarine propeller at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard where scheduled maintenance to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been delayed due to the budget crisis.
It was the latest event staged by the White House to warn of the possible damage to public services - from less child care to air travel chaos - from the $85 billion across-the-board budget cuts that are due to begin on Friday.
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More News On President Obama's Warnings That Sequestration Will Weaken The U.S. Military
Obama: Automatic Budget Cuts Could Weaken Military -- Voice of America
Obama Takes Budget Warnings to Shipbuilder -- New York Times
Obama Warns of Cuts on Virginia Shipyard Visit -- Wall Street Journal
Sequester impact won't be "overnight," but will be real, Obama says -- CBS/AP
Obama: Sequester will weaken 'military readiness' -- Detroit Free Press
Obama puts government on strike, says budget fights could sink aircraft carrier -- Daily caller
My Comment: The media has been playing up this story non-stop now for the past few days .... and both Republicans and Democrats are pointing fingers. But is the American public listening? Hmmmm .... I am now starting to have some doubts.
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