WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he worries the administration is suffering from “a confidence gap” with the public and has told the Cabinet to slice $100 million from federal spending within 90 days.
Obama talked briefly to reporters as he was concluding the first formal meeting of his Cabinet Monday. He acknowledged that $100 million, by itself, wouldn’t put much of a dent in a more than $3 trillion budget.
But he also said that the cumulative effect of putting agencies in a budget-cutting frame of mind would ultimately make a difference and that getting started now would “set the right tone” for families struggling to make ends meet.
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama says he worries the administration is suffering from “a confidence gap” with the public and has the Cabinet to slice $100 million from federal spending within 90 days.
Obama talked briefly to reporters as he was concluding the first formal meeting of his Cabinet Monday. He acknowledged that $100 million, by itself, wouldn’t put much of a dent in a more than $3 trillion budget.
But he also said that the cumulative effect of putting agencies in a budget-cutting frame of mind would ultimately make a difference and that getting started now would “set the right tone” for families struggling to make ends meet.
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