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Robert C. Byrd: By refusing to pay for this war today and, instead, exacerbating the largest deficit in the Nation's history, President…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
By refusing to pay for this war today and, instead, exacerbating the largest deficit in the Nation's history, President Bush is forcing those young Americans, who are now in kindergarten, to pick up the tab for his war in Iraq.
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Robert C. Byrd
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Sep 22, 2003

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Senator Byrd criticizes President Bush's funding approach for the Iraq war.

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