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Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

By The Associated Press
Posted 11:11AM on Monday 4th March 2013 ( 11 years ago )
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama has selected the head of the Wal-Mart Foundation as his budget director in the midst of a partisan battle over government spending.

Obama announced his selection of Sylvia Mathews Burwell at the White House Monday, noting that she comes on as the government grapples with $85 billion in automatic cuts.

The White House and congressional Republicans were unable to reach a deal to avert the cuts ahead of Friday's deadline. The president said Americans ``are going to feel some pain'' because of the cuts.

The foundation she's been running is retailer Wal-Mart's philanthropic wing.

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