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Kent Conrad: The foreign debt of the United States under this administration has gone from $1 trillion to 1.8 trillion, an 80-percent…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2004
The foreign debt of the United States under this administration has gone from $1 trillion to 1.8 trillion, an 80-percent increase in our foreign indebtedness.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the increase in U.S. foreign debt during a speech.

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