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Tom Coburn: “Will the Senator agree that since we had a $300 billion- plus deficit last year--$200 billion-plus if we weren't in the…”

On the recordApril 18, 2007
Will the Senator agree that since we had a $300 billion- plus deficit last year--$200 billion-plus if we weren't in the war in Iraq--if we took that off the table, would it not make sense for us to try to get rid of the waste, fraud, duplication, and abuse?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Discussing the federal deficit and the need to eliminate wasteful spending.

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