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Bill Clinton: Paying down the debt creates wealth, creates jobs, creates opportunity.

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
Paying down the debt creates wealth, creates jobs, creates opportunity.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Reducing the National Debt and an Exchange With Reporters

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