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Dick Lugar: The United States national debt has risen above $15 trillion, posing extreme economic risk for our country.

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
The United States national debt has risen above $15 trillion, posing extreme economic risk for our country.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar warns about the rising national debt and its risks.

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