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John Sarbanes: I want to make sure, as I understand the Senator's amendment, $10 billion of this $87 billion which he proposes as a…

On the recordOctober 16, 2003
I want to make sure, as I understand the Senator's amendment, $10 billion of this $87 billion which he proposes as a loan on the reconstruction side, under the very terms of his amendment would be forgiven if 90 percent of Iraq's outstanding debt were forgiven by other countries; is that correct?
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning the terms of a proposed amendment related to Iraq's reconstruction funding.

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