The fight for control over the post-sequester narrative continued Wednesday afternoon, as several reporters pressed White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on the decision to cancel tours of the White House, in order to avoid Secret Service furloughs and cutbacks. After squaring President Obama‘s assertion that canceling the tours was not the White House’s decision, Carney faced grilling from ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, who wondered what it costs for the President “to go and play golf?”……“Jon, again, you’re trivializing an impact here,” carney said. “People will lose their jobs. Three-quarters of a million people will lose their job.”
“This is about choices,” Karl said. “You have a certain amount of…” “Right,” Carney interrupted, “The law stipulates what the costs will be for each agency. Those jobs will be lost, okay? And you can report on White House tours, or you can find out what the impacts are out in the real world, additional impacts are. This is a real-world impact here, and it is unfortunate. And it is an unhappy choice.”…To Read More….
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