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Dick Lugar: Clearly one of the dilemmas that it presents, in whatever size, is--at least some of our staff have come up with the…

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
Clearly one of the dilemmas that it presents, in whatever size, is--at least some of our staff have come up with the thought that $3.1 trillion, or 53 percent of United States debt, is now held by foreign investors and foreign governments.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Lugar discusses the implications of foreign ownership of U.S. debt.

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