Mr. Clinton, in an announcement from the White House, called on Republican leaders in Congress to “put politics aside and join me” in a budget proposal that would pay off dollars 3.6 trillion in debt by 2013. This, he said, would leave the United States debt-free for the first time since 1835.
“What we’re doing by taking this position,” Mr. Clinton said, “is maximizing the choices the next president and the next Congress will have.”
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