US deficit cut
WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton said yesterday that his first year in office had helped to revive the economy and reduce the federal budget deficit for the coming fiscal year from a projected dollars 300bn to under dollars 180bn ( pounds 120bn). In his weekly radio address, the President said the good news was the result of the economic and budget plan he proposed and Congress passed last summer. Reuter
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