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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012, file photo the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly in formation above a crowd of spectators at the Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds have cancelled their 2013 seasons because of the automatic federal budget cuts causing about 60 cancellations thus far and affecting more than 200 of the approximately 300 air shows held each year. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012, file photo the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly in formation above a crowd of spectators at the Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds have cancelled their 2013 seasons because of the automatic federal budget cuts causing about 60 cancellations thus far and affecting more than 200 of the approximately 300 air shows held each year. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
In this June 22, 2012, photo the United States Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Indianapolis Air Show at the Indianapolis Regional Airport near Greenfield, Ind. The air show, canceled in February over concerns the Blue Angels wouldn't participate, is one of dozens that have been canceled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye) NO SALES
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
In this June 22, 2012, photo the United States Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Indianapolis Air Show at the Indianapolis Regional Airport near Greenfield, Ind. The air show, canceled in February over concerns the Blue Angels wouldn't participate, is one of dozens that have been canceled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye) NO SALES
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/27/2013 8:13:19 AM EST
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Michael Huerta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation hearing on flight delays that are being caused by the FAA's decision to furlough air traffic controllers because of mandatory budget cuts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/27/2013 8:13:19 AM EST
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Michael Huerta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation hearing on flight delays that are being caused by the FAA's decision to furlough air traffic controllers because of mandatory budget cuts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 9:53:18 AM EST
Pedestrians walk by a homeless man in Thessaloniki, Greece, Sunday, April 21. 2013. Under an international bailout deal that saved it from bankruptcy in 2010, Greece agreed to slash bloated budget deficits, repeatedly cutting pensions and salaries while hiking taxes. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 9:53:18 AM EST
Pedestrians walk by a homeless man in Thessaloniki, Greece, Sunday, April 21. 2013. Under an international bailout deal that saved it from bankruptcy in 2010, Greece agreed to slash bloated budget deficits, repeatedly cutting pensions and salaries while hiking taxes. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:28:56 PM EST
This handout photo provided by the US Geological Survery (USGS), taken July 5, 2011, near Westhope, N.S., shows the Souris River at the peak for the great Souris River flood of 2011, with equipment stored in cooler bolted to roof of gage house because water level was above gage house shelf. More than 100 crucial gauges that warn of imminent flooding or lack of needed water will soon be shut down, as part of the federal government's automatic budget cuts. USGS officials tell The Associated Press that stream gauges will be shut down across the nation starting next month. Some are in the nine states threatened with sudden Spring flooding. In rivers where flooding is imminent _ such as near Fargo, N.D. _ officials are scrambling to keep needed monitors working and make the cuts elsewhere. (AP Photo/USGS)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:28:56 PM EST
This handout photo provided by the US Geological Survery (USGS), taken July 5, 2011, near Westhope, N.S., shows the Souris River at the peak for the great Souris River flood of 2011, with equipment stored in cooler bolted to roof of gage house because water level was above gage house shelf. More than 100 crucial gauges that warn of imminent flooding or lack of needed water will soon be shut down, as part of the federal government's automatic budget cuts. USGS officials tell The Associated Press that stream gauges will be shut down across the nation starting next month. Some are in the nine states threatened with sudden Spring flooding. In rivers where flooding is imminent _ such as near Fargo, N.D. _ officials are scrambling to keep needed monitors working and make the cuts elsewhere. (AP Photo/USGS)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:13:28 AM EST
FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liberals’ objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit. House Republicans have consistently refused to raise income taxes. And top Democrats now oppose changes to Medicare and Social Security benefits. Lawmakers must budge on these issues to produce a bipartisan compromise big enough to seriously dent the federal deficit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:13:28 AM EST
FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liberals’ objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit. House Republicans have consistently refused to raise income taxes. And top Democrats now oppose changes to Medicare and Social Security benefits. Lawmakers must budge on these issues to produce a bipartisan compromise big enough to seriously dent the federal deficit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 6:03:21 PM EST
FILE - This May 10,2011 file photo shows Nevada Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, listens to a debate during a joint budget hearing at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. The Nevada Senate, after an hour-long, soul-searching debate about equality, love and marriage passed a resolution late Monday repealing the state's heterosexual definition of marriage, the first step in a long process to recognize gay marriage. For Atkinson, it was a coming out of sorts when he announced to many, "I'm black. I'm gay." (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison,File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 6:03:21 PM EST
FILE - This May 10,2011 file photo shows Nevada Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, listens to a debate during a joint budget hearing at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. The Nevada Senate, after an hour-long, soul-searching debate about equality, love and marriage passed a resolution late Monday repealing the state's heterosexual definition of marriage, the first step in a long process to recognize gay marriage. For Atkinson, it was a coming out of sorts when he announced to many, "I'm black. I'm gay." (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison,File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 4:52:38 PM EST
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland March 15, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 4/24/2013 4:52:38 PM EST
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland March 15, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
