1.   He has been using every opportunity to boost his credibility as a budget cutter.

2.   And he can make cuts there, he says, because he has now established a track record as a budget cutter.

3.   And so mosquito-control programs have fallen victim to budget cutters everywhere across the region.

4.   As budget cutters move in, statehouse victories are being proclaimed when education can be spared the knife.

5.   A perennial target of budget cutters, it became for critics the emblematic federal program that would not die.

6.   A good secretary-general must combine the skills of a smooth diplomat, deft organizational politician and unsentimental budget cutter.

7.   Budget cutters are also looking for savings in Social Security, a program more than twice the size of Medicare.

8.   Budget cutters face tough calls all the time.

9.   But budget cutters and critics have complained that federal job training programs have not proven their effectiveness.

10.   Congressional budget cutters contend the federal agency provides welfare to companies like Boeing and GE.