Posted on 03/20/2013 9:48:04 AM PDT by Nachum
**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican (Associated Press)
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Rep. Darrell Issa, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is poking a little fun at President Obama’s decision to put a stop to White House tours in the face of the sequester instead of making more targeted spending cuts.
His office released a new video highlighting the White House’s shifting narrative about who ordered the tours to be closed — the president or the Secret Service.
White House spokesman Jay Carney has said the White House made the decision to put a halt to the tours in response to recommendations from the Secret Service while Mr. Obama told ABC News in an interview that he didn’t make the decision — that it was the Secret Service’s idea to avoid furloughing any of their officers.
Republicans have said the canceled tours — which were stopped just as the spring tourism season begins in earnest in Washington — are proof that the Obama administration is trying to make budget cuts that maximize the most public exposure instead of making more targeted cuts.
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Only links I see are links to ads.
Who in his right mind would WANT to tour the WH right now, knowing who currently occupies it?????
here is the link http://hotair.com/archives/2013/03/20/exclusive-first-look-video-issa-slams-wh-over-tour-cancellations/
It’s a pretty lame video as far as videos are concerned. Not much punch to it..
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