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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I, along with other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have worked to make sure that Iraq does not continue to sit on its burgeoning budget surplus while Americans are forced to go into further debt in order to help rebuild that country.
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Evan Bayh
Democratic · Indiana

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Senator Bayh emphasizes the importance of Iraq funding its own reconstruction instead of relying on U.S. debt.

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