If forced to cut Federal spending, 56 percent would reduce military and national security costs rather than social or economic programs.

The president's budget also proposed reducing afterschool programs by $400 million.

We have taken a number of steps to balance our budget without reducing programs or affecting the quality of patient care.

With a deficit exceeding $100 million, the organization has had no choice but to reduce both programs and staff.

In the end, the President decided that most of the money would be raised by reducing existing programs for low-income people.

"The state's whole agenda here is to reduce taxes and reduce programs," he said.

"We will have no choice but to reduce programs," he said.

The Republicans cut that to $14.6 billion by reducing or eliminating programs in almost every state agency.

In the last few months, the organization has made efforts to tighten expenditures, partly by reducing staff or programs.

Why would you want to add new programs if you are reducing existing programs?