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On the recordOctober 28, 2009
$12 trillion of debt today, commitments that are in law already that will add $9 trillion to that in the next 10 years, $21 trillion. It is, as we say, unsustainable.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner highlights the unsustainable nature of the national debt.

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