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12:36 PM, Apr 5, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

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The latest chart from the Senate Republican Budget Committee, pointing out that under President Obama's budget, the U.S. government will be spending more in 2019 to pay the interest on the national debt than it will be to defend America:

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