Report: Obama signs order for 'sequester' budget cuts
The White House said Obama has signed the order for 'sequester' budget cuts, the Reuters news agency is reporting.
The White House said Obama has signed the order for 'sequester' budget cuts, the Reuters news agency is reporting.
President Barack Obama signed an order authorising the US government to begin cutting $85 billion (£57bn) from federal accounts. By so doing he officially enacted across-the-board reductions that he was opposed but failed to avoid.