At his first Cabinet meeting today, President Barack Obama plans to ask federal agencies to make $100 million in budget cuts, The Washington Post reported.

The cuts will have to be identified in the next 90 days. Obama wants to show he can live up to his promise to reform government spending, a top official told the paper.

Obama has so far announced an outline of his first budget and has promised increases at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the and the Indian Health Service.

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Obama to Order Cabinet to Quickly Cut $100 Million From Department Budgets (The Washington Post 4/20)

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