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U.S. debt default would spark job losses across the country

About 1.5 million Americans are projected to be out of a job if the U.S. has a short-term default on its debt. That would happen within just one week of breaching the ceiling. Right now, the U.S. is on track to run out of credit June 1. Irina Ivanova, associate managing editor of CBS MoneyWatch, has more.
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