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Task Force Examines Debt, Slow Pace Of Recovery

by Scott Horsley, NPR
November 17, 2010

Former Sen. Pete Domenici warned Wednesday that America's mounting federal debt is a "quiet killer," eating away at the foundation of the country. Domenici, with former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Alice Rivlin, co-chairs a bipartisan task force recommending big changes in the way the government spends and raises money.

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