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White House details effects of sequestration on agency that no longer exists

February 25, 2013 | 5:48 pm
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Photo - If the Washington Monument were open now, it would be the first thing President Obama would threaten to shut down due to impending budget sequestration. (Photo: Thinkstock)
If the Washington Monument were open now, it would be the first thing President Obama would threaten to shut down due to impending budget sequestration. (Photo: Thinkstock)

The Obama administration has been industriously predicting devastating consequences of sequestration, trotting out officials from various departments to talk about the employees who will be furloughed and the services that will be gutted if the budget cuts hit.

But not all these dire warnings add up. In a report submitted to Congress by the White House Office of Management and Budget, OMB detailed the effects of sequestration to various agencies — including one that no longer exists, as Reason noticed.

In the report, ironically intended to comply with the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012, OMB said the budget cuts would slash $2 million from the National Drug Intelligence Center, which was closed in June 2012.

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