To the Editor:
I think it is important to point out an inaccuracy in the recent SandPaper interview with Congressman Frank LoBiondo. The SandPaper asked a question with a factually false premise: “It must have been frustrating to watch Obama cut military spending.”
Under our system of government, a president cannot cut or add to spending. All appropriations and their amounts come from Congress. A president submits a budget and then Congress takes it from there.
April 13, 2016
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