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It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

Tim Ryan

It means we have to find more sponsors and make up for the deficit it presents us with.

Andy Klotz

Within a few months, the deficit will be widening to new records.

Nigel Gault

We were lucky to get out of there with a goal deficit.

Peter Hafner

I was astounded to hear there was a $17 million deficit.

Doug Young

[Children often] rise to some challenge ... They're doing 110% and there is no such thing as 110%. They're at a deficit and it will burn them out.

Michael Bradley

The U.S. has exaggerated its trade deficit with China.

Chong Quan

Any of these proposals has an element of bailout. They are subsidizing companies that are running at a deficit.

Richard Gilbert

At this level it is very hard to come back from the deficit they did. In that regard, I was very pleased.

John Pojednic

Our suggestion to Asian countries is: Don't take this continuous financing of the U.S. current account deficit as a given.

Masahiro Kawai

Why wait longer? If they wait longer, then they will need more financing for the budget deficit.

Anton Gunawan

The ratio of fiscal deficit to GDP will continue to drop this year.

Peng Longyun

I'm really concerned about the deficit. It's much too large and it has to become smaller.

Robert Kimmitt

Even an 8% current account deficit failed to dent it significantly, which is surprising.

John Cobb

We always seem to be looking up at a two- or three-goal deficit.

Pat Conacher

I encourage you not to approve deficit spending.

Bill Gillette

North Korea has a substantial and chronic food deficit.

Gerald Bourke

Priority No. 1 is bringing the budget deficit under control. A downgrade would be very serious.

Tito Boeri

We're looking at a $450,000 to $550,000 deficit right now.

Chris Patritto

I don't see any way fall is going to help us cut down on the deficit.

Brandon Gray

I think the tax cuts were too big, and I am worried about the deficit. You have to pay it back at some point.

George Davis

It was only 3-0. If you don't have a ball club that can come back from a 3-0 deficit you're in trouble. We've got what it takes to come back. It just didn't happen.

Jose Vidro

We think there is a potential deficit of electricity in the Northeast.

David Slater

We have to start believing. (Our standings points deficit) now seems manageable.

Brad Shaw

It's very possible we're at the beginning of a current account deficit that is going to widen substantially.

David Bloom

The Bush administration and Congress continue to cut domestic funding as the primary way to cut the deficit.

Kei Koizumi

Markets were caught off-guard by a blow-out trade deficit, ... This could affect growth.

Jason Schenker

The story of the current account deficit allowed traders and analysts to justify any currency prices.

Steve Pearson

The trade deficit will eventually be a factor in weakening the dollar.

David Durrant

The deficit is a little smaller because of this voluntary tax.

Leonard Burman

A third of these children have problems with learning, attention deficit.

Justine O'flynn

We have to look at all areas. I have to plan for a $218,000 deficit. The referendum could fail. If it does, I've got to have the budget balanced.

Ron Vaughn

It was good to see. I don't think we've come back from a deficit all year, not even a one-run one.

Boomer Walker

Chances are we'll finish with a small deficit.

Bill Carpenter

They cut the deficit by two-thirds.

Tom Hernandez

The amount of U.S. assets bought by Asian investors is now short of the total U.S. trade deficit with Asia.

Philip Wee

It's a miracle if you break even. A deficit is almost inevitable.

Sergio Chiamparino

Then it could take weeks and months for the rainfall deficit to go away.

Tony Cristaldi

It's a lot of bang for not much buck. It doesn't bode well for more substantial deficit-reduction bills that are needed.

Robert Bixby

I think what we can take away from this is our ability to overcome that deficit and tie the game.

Seamus Kotyk

All we could think about was keep playing hard and comeback from this deficit.

Addie Micir

The question is whether you're going to get a clean read of the deficit out there anyway. They're going to create an artificial picture.

Joel Friedman

I don't believe that this budget, even if it could be achieved - and I don't think it can be achieved - is going to lower the deficit at all.

Bill Frenzel

This is the only vote you will have to reduce the deficit.

Judd Gregg

There's a possibility for a short period that it could be relied on to make up for a deficit.

David Miles

If we find that there's a deficit in a classroom, what are you giving us, what do you have available to us that we can use to help address that deficit. That seems to be missing from this plan.

Jill Levy

We certainly understand the need to reduce the federal budget deficit.

Dave Frederickson

Those tax cuts, rather than the spending binge, are the primary cause of the (federal) deficit.

Paul Krugman

The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit.

Al Hubbard

The U.S. budget deficit is falling, and it's falling fast.

Joshua B. Bolten

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

Edward Lazear