As cuts loom, Obama meets with governors

 
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be meeting with the nation's governors as they push Congress to avert deep federal spending cuts that begin to take effect Friday.

photo - National Governors Association Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware puts his notes back in his pocket after speaking and offering a toast to President Barack Obama and governors of the National Governors Association at the 2013 Governors’ Dinner at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Governors Association Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware puts his notes back in his pocket after speaking and offering a toast to President Barack Obama and governors of the National Governors Association at the 2013 Governors’ Dinner at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The state leaders are in Washington for the annual meeting of the National Governors Association. The president, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are scheduled to address them at the White House.

Obama administration officials warn of significant airport delays, deep cuts to education and furloughs for hundreds of thousands of government workers if the budget cuts go through, as widely expected.

The president did not mention the budget stalemate during a White House dinner with most of the governors Sunday night. But Obama told them, "We've got more work to do."





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