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Analysis: DoD's spending cuts start with setting strategy

Former deputy defense secretary Rudy Deleon gives his take on the President's call for Defense to slash spending.

Tags: Rudy deLeon , DoD , budget , Robert Gates , In Depth

Wednesday - 04/20/2011, 07:59pm EDT

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Fed retirement changes a 'possibility' in Obama deficit plan

President Obama's deficit reduction plan speech on Wednesday did not address how these cuts would affect federal pay and benefits, but one administration official told Federal News Radio that changes to federal retirement benefits were still possible.

Tags: budget , Barack Obama , pay and benefits , retirement , Erskine Bowles , Alan Simpson

Friday - 04/15/2011, 01:28pm EDT

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Analysis: How deficit reduction might impact feds, retirees

NARFE's Dan Adcock explains what may be in store for feds in the President's deficit reduction plan.

Tags: Dan Adcock , NARFE , pay and benefits , budget , Barack Obama , In Depth

Wednesday - 04/13/2011, 07:41pm EDT

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More DoD cuts called for in Obama's deficit plan

President Obama said Wednesday that a plan to cut $4 trillion in the deficit over 12 years will include spending cuts at the Defense Department.

Tags: Barack Obama , budget , Robert Gates , DoD , DoD Report

Wednesday - 04/13/2011, 05:06pm EDT

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Parties urge 'adult' dialogue on budget issues

Mark Plotkin, WTOP Political Analyst

Tags: Mark Plotkin , Barack Obama , budget , Mitch McConnell

Wednesday - 02/16/2011, 08:44pm EST

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House GOP targets more programs for deeper budget cuts

Republican leaders in the House are calling for even deeper budgets cuts by putting forward a plan that cuts about $60 billion to hundreds of federal programs for the seven months remaining in the current fiscal year.

Tags: Congress , budget , Hal Rogers , Republicans , Barack Obama , government shutdown , spending cuts , Associated Press , Washington Post , House Appropriations Committee , Jolie Lee

Friday - 02/11/2011, 12:49pm EST

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Republican plan would cut $32B from agency budgets

Congress must pass another funding measure to keep the government operating past March 4. House Republicans are calling for big cuts to current spending levels. This as President Obama gets set to release his 2012 budget request February 14.

Tags: budget , White House , Barack Obama , Congress , House , Paul Ryan , Tom Coburn , Jolie Lee , Senate , management

Friday - 02/04/2011, 01:23pm EST

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Warner: give feds a say in program cuts

With President Obama recently signing new government reform legislation, lawmakers said accurate data about agencies and their programs will be the key to effective change. Sen. Mark Warner said budget pressures will make improving program performance more pressing than ever before. Warner wants to increase collaboration between long term federal employees and leadership in Congress and the White House.

Tags: management , GPRA , government reform , OMB , Mark Warner , Center for American Progress , Meg Beasley

Thursday - 02/03/2011, 07:22am EST

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