White House budget director: Obama won't lock in spending cuts

U.S. President Barack Obama will not accept action by Congress that "locks in" sequestration spending constraints, White House budget director Shaun Donovan said on Thursday as Republicans prepare to release their budget plans. He will not accept a budget that locks in the sequester going forward and he will not accept a budget that severs the vital link between defense and non-defense," Donovan told a news conference at the Capitol. Although the president doesn't sign the non-binding budget res