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 Saudi tells Iran to wise up, 'stop attacking their neighbors.' Trump cracked a Pearl Harbor joke with Japan's leader. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier pulls out of the Iran war. Scientists eye a problem with trendy doodle dogs. Report an error