I find it odd that I am in the position here of actually defending the President of the United States and defending what his recommendations are in this area, but I will gladly do so. The President suggested that, with all of those factors that you have just played out taken into consideration, it was his opinion that we should not be spending this full amount of money. It was President Obama's suggestion that we actually curtail the money.
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