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Carl Levin: “It doesn't make any sense to think people don't know how to write checks. Basically, if you know how to deposit, you…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2008
It doesn't make any sense to think people don't know how to write checks. Basically, if you know how to deposit, you should know how to withdraw.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin questions the reasoning behind Iraq's lack of spending on reconstruction despite having a budget surplus.

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