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FRONTLINE | Ten Trillion and Counting | Trailer | PBS

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With a national debt of more than $10 trillion, can America afford more government spending? All of the federal government's efforts to stem the tide in the financial meltdown that began with the subprime mortgage crisis have added hundreds of billions of dollars to our national debt. FRONTLINE reports on how this debt will constrain and challenge the new Obama administration.

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Post Date: March 10, 2009