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Jimmy Carter: We cut it down to the fifties of billions of dollars.

On the recordSeptember 21, 1978
We cut it down to the fifties of billions of dollars.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Editors and News Directors

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