NEW : The report includes a National Science Foundation grant for $ 325,000 for university researchers in California to develop a robotic squirrel to observe how rattlesnakes react , to study the interaction between predators and prey . Obama has ` ` America 's commitment to cutting out waste , '' a spokeswoman says . GOP media reported on 100 items he calls government waste . Sen. Tom Coburn says Obama could have saved $ 18.9 billion . Coburn puts much of the blame for the wasteful spending on Obama .
NEW : Obama has ` ` America 's commitment to cutting out waste , '' a spokeswoman says . GOP media reported on 100 items he calls government waste . Sen. Tom Coburn says Obama could have saved $ 18.9 billion . Coburn puts much of the blame for the wasteful spending on Obama .