Politics | President Obama Obama to Cabinet: Cut $100M From Budgets Move comes amid pressure to slice deficit By Matt Cantor Posted Apr 20, 2009 7:40 AM CDT Copied President Barack Obama, flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, takes part in a meeting in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Facing pressure over spending, President Obama will unite his Cabinet today for the first time and ask members to find $100 million worth of potential budget cuts over the next 90 days, the Washington Post reports. Though it’s a tiny sum compared to a $3.5 trillion budget outline, the move is meant to signal Obama’s commitment to reform, says a top administration official. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. Report an error