Obama cabinet officials issue dire warnings of sequestration's impact

The Guardian writes, Secretaries of education, transportation and defense appear on morning talk shows in push for compromise before 1 March The Obama administration turned up the heat on the Republicans on Sunday, sending out a slew of cabinet secretaries to issue dire warnings about the impact of $85bn of government cuts should sequestration be allowed to strike. With five days to go before the budget cuts automatically begin on 1 March, and with still no sign of a compromise deal taking shape, the Sunday political talk shows hummed with recriminations between the two main parties over the pending sequestration.…

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