Commission considers how to reduce burgeoning national debt

The World

There’s growing concern about the national debt: currently a gulp-inducing $13 trillion… and counting. President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is tasked with coming up with proposals to begin solving the problem later this year. We speak with Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, and a member of the bipartisan deficit-reduction commission.

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