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Ben Bernanke: “It would be the better part of valor to take action now to make sure that we do not get too close to that point.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
It would be the better part of valor to take action now to make sure that we do not get too close to that point.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke advises taking action to avoid a debt crisis.

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