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Bill Clinton: When I took office, the deficit was $290 billion and projected to go much higher.

On the recordFebruary 9, 1998
When I took office, the deficit was $290 billion and projected to go much higher.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Message to Congress Transmitting the Economic Report of the President

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