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Charles Rangel: “We have to have the political courage to wrestle with it and to get rid of this debt.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
We have to have the political courage to wrestle with it and to get rid of this debt.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Rangel emphasizes the need for political courage to address national debt issues.

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