President Barack Obama greets service members on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 7, 2013. Obama visited the base to thank the service members for their commitment to the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. James Mercure
Obama, Before A Military Audience, Vows To End Across-The-Board Cuts -- New York Times
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — President Obama stood at this desert base on Wednesday before nearly 3,000 Marines, sailors and their families — and a captive audience of two Republican adversaries from Congress — and vowed that he would fight to end across-the-board budget cuts that have shaken the military.
“Here at Pendleton, you’re feeling it,” Mr. Obama said. “Hard-working folks are getting furloughed. Families getting by on less. Fewer ships available for your training exercises. The commissary your families rely on closed a day a week.”
“We can do better than that,” he added to applause. “That’s not how a great nation should be treating its military and military families.”
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My Comment: I have always found how President Obama conducts politics remarkable .... we essentially have a President campaigning against himself. Bottom line .... President Obama is the government, and he has the power to propose and implement what he wants by working with Congress. Sequestration was his idea .... and Congress went along with him in implementing it. Now .... sequestration is something else .... and he is campaigning against it without being held accountable for it. Amazing .... truly amazing.
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