John Aschroft resignation letter

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Cash-strapped California issues IOU’s   July 11: The Golden State – which boasts the world’s eighth-largest economy – is unable to pay its bills because its leaders can’t agree on a budget to close a $26 billion deficit. NBC’s George Lewis reports.

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