Transcript: White House officials on deficit reduction measures proposed in the FY2014 budget

Monday, April 15, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by White House officials on deficit reduction measures proposed in the FY2014 budget. The press briefing was held on April…

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Transcript: Remarks by OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients on the Obama FY2014 budget

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget. The…

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Transcript: House GOP’s response to President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Excerpts from press briefing remarks by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on the FY2014 budget proposed by President Barack Obama on…

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Transcript: Remarks by President Barack Obama on his proposed fiscal year 2014 budget

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Partial transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 at a Rose Garden press briefing on April 10, 2013:

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Transcript: Q&A responses by Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Excerpts of Q&A responses by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the…

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Transcript: Remarks by Harvard Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War on March 21, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Transcript of remarks by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the Carnegie…

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Simpson-Bowles call for an additional $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. SOURCE: Twitter.com/ErskineBowles

Former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wy.) and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles are pressing Congress and the Obama administration to reduce the deficit by another…

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Roundup: Impacts of sequestration on defense and non-defense programs

Monday, March 4, 2013
SOURCE: WhiteHouse.gov

Congress & President failed to avert sequestration, $85 billion in cuts set to take effect in FY 2013 5 key facts about sequestration   Non-defense discretionary program cuts:…

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Congress & President failed to avert sequestration, $85 billion in cuts set to take effect in FY 2013

Monday, March 4, 2013

The federal government will have to slash $85 billion between now and the end of September after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement to…

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Transcript: President Barack Obama’s remarks on sequestration after meeting with Congressional leaders on March 1, 2013

Friday, March 1, 2013

Transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on the sequester after meeting with Congressional leaders on March 1, 2013: Good morning, everybody. As you know, I just met with…

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