War Funding For U.S. Troops Fighting Abroad Held Back Because Of Budget Dispute

White House Fires Back On War Cuts, Tells Congress To 'Do Its Job' -- The Hill

The White House is challenging Congress to “do its job” and prevent the automatic spending cuts that are looming for the Pentagon.

Republican lawmakers have criticized the Obama administration’s decision to include funding for the war in Afghanistan in the “sequestered” budget cuts that are on tap for 2013. A group of top GOP lawmakers sent President Obama a letter this week demanding an explanation for the “morally unconscionable” policy.

The White House fired back at the criticism, arguing the war funding was never off the table for the automatic budget cuts.

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My Comment: For a Commander in Chief .... he is certainly playing with fire by pulling this stunt. When U.S. forces are fighting abroad .... they should never .... I repeat .... NEVER .... have their budgets put on a table and threatened at a time when numerous lives are at stake in a region that is extremely dangerous and deadly. In all of my years of covering U.S. politics and the military .... I have never seen anything like this.