Obama Exempts Military Pay, Personnel From Cuts Next Year
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The White House budget director notified Congress today that President Barack Obama intends to exempt military personnel from automatic budget cuts known as sequestration again next year.
The exemption is “considered to be in the national interest to safeguard the resources necessary to compensate the men and women serving” the nation and “to maintain the force levels required for national security,” Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell wrote Vice President Joe Biden in his role as president of the Senate.