Obama Again Calls For Balanced Plan For Cuts

NPR | Feb. 19, 2013 9:33 a.m.

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Ari Shapiro, Linda Wertheimer

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President Obama spoke Tuesday about the impacts of deep spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1. With a group of first responders in uniform standing behind him in the White House, he said if Congress doesn't stop the cuts, responders won't be able to help communities respond to disasters.