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Bill Clinton: “We can pay off our national debt for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2000
We can pay off our national debt for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on Debt Reduction

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