Halving the US deficit by 2013, that is the aim set out in the president's new budget plan as Republicans prepare for an all out fight in Congress.
Through a series of spending cuts and tax increases Barack Obama and his Democrats want to shave off $1.1 trillion dollars over the next ten years.
While he said annual domestic spending will be frozen, critics complained he had been vague on how to cover major outlays such as the Medicare programme.
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