House moves to soften cuts to military, FBI
GOP hopes to stop shutdown
Posted: March 5, 2013 at 5:18 a.m.
President Barack Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term Monday at the White House and discussed the next steps in the battle over the U.S. budeget. From left are Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the president and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
Republicans controlling the House moved Monday to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness while easing the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the Border Patrol from the across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.
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