Obama Can Choose Where Sequester Cuts Fall
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President Obama has far more latitude than he is letting on to choose the cuts he wants if the sequester kicks in, and he can avoid many of the cataclysmic results that he has been warning about over the past week, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The reason is that the White House is misidentifying the program level at which the cuts must be enacted. Obama and his advisers actually have more room within various agencies to choose between programs than they say they do.