The document provides a summary of media coverage from various sources about the 2010 Fiscal Summit which aimed to address the growing US budget deficit and national debt. Articles discuss efforts to find a bipartisan agreement to both cut spending and raise taxes, as well as the need for action on the serious budget issues. Links are also included to video and radio coverage of the summit event.
External links to key press coverage of fiscal summit
1. Select Media Coverage of the 2010 Fiscal Summit:<br />Looking for a benefits-spending cuts deal to reduce the deficit <br />By David Broder, Washington Post, May 2, 2010<br />Former Fed Chief Dampens Talk of a Tax <br />By Jackie Calmes, New York Times, April 29, 2010<br />'Hi. My Name Is America, and I'm a Deficit Addict' <br />By Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2010<br />Bipartisan Agreement: Raise Taxes, Cut Spending<br />By David Leonhardt, New York Times Economix, April 28, 2010<br />U.S. Deficit Serious, Action Needed: Policymakers,<br />By Donna Smith and Kim Dixon, Reuters, April 28, 2010<br />C-SPAN Video of the 2010 Fiscal Summit<br />http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/04/28/HP/A/32288/Peter+Peterson+Foundation+Event+on+Budget+and+Deficits.aspx<br />NPR Special Coverage of the 2010 Fiscal Summit: http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/programs/view/id/141/sf_highlight<br />