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Richard Nixon: The prospect of a surplus in excess of $1 billion for reducing the huge public debt is heartening.

On the recordOctober 5, 1960
The prospect of a surplus in excess of $1 billion for reducing the huge public debt is heartening.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement of the Vice President of the United States, on the Budget, Nashville, TN

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