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Ed Whitfield: The national debt, which has skyrocketed over the past few years, reaching almost $14.2 trillion today.

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
The national debt, which has skyrocketed over the past few years, reaching almost $14.2 trillion today.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield discusses the alarming rise of the national debt.

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