Four days and counting. But who's counting? President Barack Obama for one.
That's how long before government-wide budget cuts begin to hit home that will slash spending by roughly $85 billion over the next seven months.
And more are on the way if Congress and the president can't figure out how to replace Friday's indiscriminate autopilot cuts — called a "sequester" in government jargon — with more targeted measures.
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