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Bill Clinton: “This year alone we've cut the debt by at least $223 billion, the largest one-year debt reduction in the history of the…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2000
This year alone we've cut the debt by at least $223 billion, the largest one-year debt reduction in the history of the United States.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the National Economy and an Exchange With Reporters

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