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Joe Manchin: The harm from default would take not just a short term to recover from, but I think it could take a decade to recover…

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
The harm from default would take not just a short term to recover from, but I think it could take a decade to recover from.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Stresses long-term economic damage from defaulting on debt.

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