By Jackie Calmes
Washington — President Obama’s final budget request of his term amounts to his agenda for a desired second term, with tax increases on the affluent and cuts in spending, especially from the military, both to reduce deficits and to pay for priorities like education, public works, research and clean energy.
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Fiscal Year 2012 Congressional Budget Submission (PDF)
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