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On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Should we have a kind of Greek-style bailout for Spain and Italy?
Said by
Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kirk questions the need for bailouts for Spain and Italy amid rising borrowing costs.

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