Obama to GOP: ‘Don’t jeopardize our national security’

Published February 2, 2015 5:37pm ET



President Obama used the rollout of his budget Monday to pressure Republicans to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, accusing conservatives of putting the protection of the nation at risk.

“What we can’t do is play politics with folks’ economic security or with our national security,” Obama said from DHS headquarters in Washington.

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