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U.S. deficit tops $1 trillion again

Figure down $207 billion from ’11

Posted: October 6, 2012 at 4:01 a.m.

A new estimate puts the deficit for the just-completed 2012 budget year at $1.1 trillion, the fourth straight year of trillion-dollar deficits on President Barack Obama’s watch.

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