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Dick Lugar: President-elect Obama and I each cosponsored the Jubilee Act in the Senate, and believe that the United States and its…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
President-elect Obama and I each cosponsored the Jubilee Act in the Senate, and believe that the United States and its G-8 partners must complete debt cancellation for all of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Lugar emphasizes the need for complete debt cancellation for impoverished countries.

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