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Roger Wicker: “We have a national debt of $17 trillion. How much of that does China hold?”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
We have a national debt of $17 trillion. How much of that does China hold?
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker questions the amount of U.S. debt held by China.

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