<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Tanks, Rifles, Bullets &#8211; But No&nbsp;Easter]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Obama has plenty of money for 2,700 tanks, 7,000 automatic rifles and 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition, but no money for an Easter egg hunt.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s budget is 30%  ($1 trillion) larger than the biggest budget prior to his Presidency, but he has no money for White House tours.</p>
<blockquote><p>For more than a century, the White House Easter Egg Roll has been insulated from the sort of partisan sniping that now dominates Washington politics.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>That tradition ended Monday, when Republicans started complaining about a notice that the event could be canceled due to a potential government shutdown. The Obama administration has already come under GOP criticism for canceling White House tours due to the mandatory, across-the-board cuts known as sequestration.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/18/white-house-easter-egg-roll-sequestrations-next-victim/">Could a government shutdown doom the White House Easter Egg Roll?</a></p></blockquote>
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