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One day after the Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the president budget director, Peter Orszag, are set to explain it Tuesday before congressional committees.Also on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen are to discuss lifting the
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