And yet, the president originally supported the sequestration cuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kj1y3q92sog https://www.youtube.com

And yet, the president originally supported the sequestration cuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kj1y3q92sog https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=... And Republicans were willing to give the administration more flexibility in how the cuts were made: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/us/politics/obama-urges-congress-to-find-compromise-on-cuts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/us/politics/obama-urges-co... Make of that what you will.