Source:  Gary D. Robertson, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/12/10
 

With the deficit on pace to reach $1.6 trillion this year, the economy slow to recover from the Great Recession and entitlement programs burdened by the unemployed and aging baby boomers, North Carolina's next U.S. senator will face tough questions about how to put the nation's fiscal house in order.

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