Time’s up
Posted: March 2, 2013 at 4:32 a.m.
To govern is to choose. By missing Friday’s deadline for averting $85 billion worth of across-the-board spending cuts to defense and domestic programs, Congress and President Barack Obama have chosen not to govern.
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Editorial, Pages 16 on 03/02/2013
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