Assistant White House chef faces furlough due to budget cuts<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assistant-white-house-chef-faces-furlough-due-budget-224541998.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kIJGhakf0zOqFOkfkISHxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-09T224541Z_1_CBRE9381R8800_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="White house chef Sam Kass drops pumpkins into a wheelbarrow during the fall harvest of the White House kitchen garden in Washington" align="left" title="White house chef Sam Kass drops pumpkins into a wheelbarrow during the fall harvest of the White House kitchen garden in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Assistant White House chef Sam Kass, who cooks weekly for President Barack Obama and helps run a program to battle childhood obesity, said on Tuesday he will be furloughed because of federal budget cuts. Kass mentioned the furlough while talking to reporters about Let's Move, a childhood obesity initiative of first lady Michelle Obama. The program will not be affected by automatic budget cuts that took effect on March 1 but he said, "We're being furloughed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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