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On the recordFebruary 17, 2000
If we maintain our strategy of fiscal discipline, we can keep our economy strong and pay down the debt by 2013 for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on Indications of a Third Consecutive Budget Surplus

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