Good question!

ABC's Jake Tapper questioned Gibbs [Obama's Press Secretary] why the Obama administration was making a large deal over saving $100 million in his proposed budget when the administration pooh-poohed $8 billion in an appropriations bill several weeks ago.

AP, Tapper Confront Obama Admin Over $100 Million

A little perspective:

SPIN METER: Saving federal money the easy way - Obama's latest budget-tightening effort hardly makes a dime's worth of difference

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you've just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday.

The thrifty measures Obama ordered for federal agencies are the equivalent of asking a family that spends $60,000 in a year to save $6.

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