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Bernie Sanders: “The deficit now--what is it, one-third of what it was when President Bush left office?”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
The deficit now--what is it, one-third of what it was when President Bush left office?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the reduction of the deficit since Bush's presidency.

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