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Bill Clinton: “We can reduce publicly held debt to its lowest level since 1917.”

On the recordMarch 2, 1999
We can reduce publicly held debt to its lowest level since 1917.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Unity Meeting With Democratic Congressional Leaders

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