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<blockquote data-quote="HMFIC" data-source="post: 2127814" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p><strong>Wow...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The White House announced Tuesday that it was canceling all public tours of the president’s home because of the sequester spending cuts.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Due to staffing reductions resulting from sequestration, we regret to inform you that White House Tours will be canceled effective Saturday, March 9, 2013 until further notice. Unfortunately, we will not be able to reschedule affected tours,” the White House said in an email.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The notice comes as both the White House and Congress try to find cuts to their own budgets as part of $85 billion in cuts to the entire government.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As President Obama was returning from visiting wounded veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center, a reporter shouted a question about the decision to cancel the tours as Mr. Obama was walking from Marine One to the Oval Office.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He simply smiled and waved.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>At the Capitol, staffers who use the building’s West Front entrance that looks out on the National Mall were told Tuesday that door would be closed as of next week in order to save money.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/5/more-sequester-pain-white-house-cancels-tours/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/5/more-sequester-pain-white-house-cancels-tours/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMFIC, post: 2127814, member: 7539"] [B]Wow...[/B] [I]The White House announced Tuesday that it was canceling all public tours of the president’s home because of the sequester spending cuts. “Due to staffing reductions resulting from sequestration, we regret to inform you that White House Tours will be canceled effective Saturday, March 9, 2013 until further notice. Unfortunately, we will not be able to reschedule affected tours,” the White House said in an email. The notice comes as both the White House and Congress try to find cuts to their own budgets as part of $85 billion in cuts to the entire government. As President Obama was returning from visiting wounded veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center, a reporter shouted a question about the decision to cancel the tours as Mr. Obama was walking from Marine One to the Oval Office. He simply smiled and waved. At the Capitol, staffers who use the building’s West Front entrance that looks out on the National Mall were told Tuesday that door would be closed as of next week in order to save money.[/I] [url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/5/more-sequester-pain-white-house-cancels-tours/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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