US COMPTROLLER GENERAL DAVID WALKER
United States Comptroller General David Walker speaks about the growing fiscal imbalance in America, at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2006 National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference, in Washington on August 21, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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