Obama cabinet officials issue dire warnings of sequestration's impact

Secretaries of education, transportation and defense appear on morning talk shows in push for compromise before 1 March The Obama administration turned up the heat on the Republicans on Sunday, sending out a slew of cabinet secretaries to issue dire warnings about the impact of $85bn of government cuts should sequestration be allowed to strike. With five days to go before the budget cuts automatically begin on 1 March, and with still no sign of a compromise deal taking shape, the Sunday politica...