OBAMA-EDUCATION 2 LST

"I think it's going to be very important that we work
together on issues of spending. And each of you are going to
be struggling with some very tough budgets. Washington is
going to be in very tough budget circumstances," Obama said
during the meeting.
He said that many of those present at the meeting were
elected on the basis "that we've got to get control of
spending because you care about the next generation. And if we
continue down the path that we're on, then we're going to have
problems."
"And what that means is, we're going to be interested in
hearing from all of you about programmes that you think are
working, but also programmes that you think are not working.
Contrary to the mythology, believe it or not, it turns out
that I would love to eliminate programmes that don't work. And
you guys are the