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Mitt Romney: “I'm going to cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it.”

On the recordOctober 2, 2012
I'm going to cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Presidential Debate at the University of Denver

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