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In Addition To Myself And A Number Of Others, President Clinton Talked About The Deficit And The Debt Issue. And He Pointed Out, Really, What I Pointed Out, Which Is That When He Left Office, We Actually Had Projected Surpluses For A Long Period Of Time, Because When He Put Together His Economic Plan, He Did It In A Balanced Way.

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In Addition To Myself

Chris Van Hollen

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In Addition To Myself And A Number Of Others, President Clinton Talked About The Deficit And The Debt Issue. And He Pointed Out, Really, What I Pointed Out, Which Is That When He Left Office, We Actually Had Projected Surpluses For A Long Period Of Time, Because When He Put Together His Economic Plan, He Did It In A Balanced Way.

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