"I promise I'll find a way to avoid cuts to frontline policing, " added Mr Savage.
But DOT claims it has already used this flexibility and still can't avoid cuts to air-traffic control.
Areas in which to avoid cuts are the unmanned programs, cyber programs, command and control, and special operations.
It is impossible to know how governors would divide that shrinking pie but it is hard to imagine long-term care would avoid cuts.
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If the coach raises money that will help us to avoid cuts to services that people need then I make no apologies for that.
The stimulus package the Democrats are now working on would work differently: It could provide states with funds to cover mandatory Medicaid spending, which would help state governments avoid cuts to education and other programs, Democratic leadership aides said.
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"We have to find these spending reductions and if we want to avoid cuts in things like hospitals and schools - services that we all rely on - we have to look at things like the welfare budget, " he said.
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Eskom, the state-owned utility, has been encouraging mining firms to limit production to avoid power cuts.
That saving will enable us to avoid damaging cuts to services such as school closures or increases in class sizes.
Mr Michael said it would protect roles and to avoid further cuts.
Argyll and Bute Council said "challenging financial times" meant that significant changes were needed to the education budget to avoid deeper cuts elsewhere.
The company is trying to sell assets to avoid further cuts to its ratings, but vulture investor Leucadia National just balked at buying it.
It was the right thing to do to help governors like Ted avoid massive cuts to Medicaid and layoffs to teachers and police officers.
Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat and close ally of the White House, predicted that Republicans will eventually join Democrats to avoid the cuts.
Mr Lobo must also secure a resumption of foreign aid if the economy is to emerge from recession and avoid drastic cuts in public spending.
Yet, in order to avoid these cuts, he demands higher taxes that would destroy as many or more private sector jobs and that make any deal impossible.
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Panetta's comments followed Obama's call on Tuesday for a short-term agreement to avert sequestration, which was created by Congress in 2011 to be so draconian that lawmakers would strike a budget deal and avoid the cuts.
As for the rest of this year under the debt limit deal, the Super Committee and Congress could actually meet the requirements to avoid the cuts of the automatic sequestration trigger without a tax increase by adopting the Ryan budget.
What's more, Germany's many large blue-chip companies not only have the scale to help them avoid job cuts, they have also been helped by the German government's recent short-term working scheme, in which the state subsidizes worker wages to help firms avoid layoffs.
With new money on the table, the result was a feeding frenzy as providers scrambled to put in place systems that would qualify them for meaningful use incentive payments, and avoid payment cuts that are set to take effect in less than three years for those that lag behind.
Attorney Michael Rebell, who represents the parents, said he hoped the state would drop the penalty, especially in light of Cuomo's announcement this week that, to avoid further cuts, he would empower Education Commissioner John King to impose an evaluation system June 1 if the city and union don't agree on one by then.
For those who would like to avoid credit limits cuts, the news is mixed.
"It's a very clever piece of spin doctoring by ministers to avoid culpability for cuts in local services, " said Mr Burstow.
Obama's push to avoid the sequester cuts comes a week before he outlines his second-term agenda in the State of the Union address.
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He also sent a message to politicians, including Obama, about working together to avoid massive spending cuts that officials say would hit the Pentagon particularly hard.
Staying lean during their single season in the top flight allowed them to avoid the forced cuts most relegated teams face with the loss of Premier League revenue.
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Elmendorf, testified on February 13 before Congress that 750, 000 jobs would be lost in 2013 alone if Congress does not avoid the sequester cuts.
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Currently, manufacturing wages are hovering around their 2000 level and as The Wall Street Journal notes, high unemployment and rising global competition means that employers are able to wring wage and benefit concessions from unions and employees in order to avoid outright job cuts, making the sector as a whole less attractive to potential hirees.
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Do you think it's still possible to avoid one with rate cuts over the next few months?
But they can only avoid some of these cuts if they cut even deeper in other areas.
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