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POPSU.S. Budget Deficit: $438 Billion AP clip, via our Washington feed http://www.forbes.com/breakingnews/AP_Washington_full.html, also points to the current administration's poor track record in fiscal matters. "A later promise to cut the deficit in half by the time Bush leaves office is in tatters," story says, "and virtually no one takes seriously his proposed path to a balanced budget by 2012."