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Chris Murphy: “Curiously, as we talked about here, a $9 trillion debt owed mostly to foreign nations, a President that has racked up…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2008
Curiously, as we talked about here, a $9 trillion debt owed mostly to foreign nations, a President that has racked up more publicly held foreign debt and privately held foreign debt than any other Presidents combined in the history of the Republic.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the national debt and foreign obligations during a floor speech.

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