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Obama rejects GOP call to appropriate sequester cuts

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through taxes on the wealthy.

By Christi Parsons

February 26, 2013

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