Reply #48: ! Obama: Fiscal Commission Cut Defense Too Deep (July 15)

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a July 15 White House press conference on the ongoing budget and debt limit negotiations. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

"There were aspects of Bowles-Simpson that I said from very early on were not the approach I would take," Obama told reporters July 15. "On defense spending, a huge amount of their savings on the discretionary side came out of defense spending. I think we need to cut defense, but as commander in chief, I've got to make sure that we're cutting it in a way that recognizes we're still in the middle of a war, we're winding down another war, and we've got a whole bunch of veterans that we've got to care for as they come home."