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$9.3 Trillion: U.S. National Debt. [Reuters, ANALYSIS-U.S. economists see long-term ills from Iraq war, March 13, 2008]

 

$311 Billion: US Federal Deficit [Christian Science Monitor, U.S. deficit at record high and rising, April 23, 2008]

 

33.51: Cost of a barrel of oil in March 2003. [Energy Information

Administration] 

 

$118.59: Cost of a barrel of oil on April 28, 2008. [www.oil-price.net]

 

$3.53: Average Price Per Gallon of Gas in Iowa - April 28, 2008. [AAA]

 

$123 Billion: Profits of Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil, BP America Inc., Chevron, and ConocoPhillips in 2007. [AP, Congress Has Big Questions for Big Oil, April 1, 2008]

 

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Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life in Memphis, TN where he had gone to support striking sanitation workers in their fight to get the city to recognize their union, AFSCME Local 1733.
Today, AFSCME is helping to raise the funds to build a memorial to Dr. King on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  The groundbreaking occurred Nov. 13, 2006, and the dedication is scheduled for 2008.

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