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Critics assail earmarks in Obama spending bill

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge against congressional earmarks and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said.

Administration budget chief Peter Orszag and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel both downplayed the $410-billion spending bill and signaled Obama would hold his nose and sign it.

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