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White House dials back Trump’s vow to clear Puerto Rico’s debt

OCTOBER 5, 2017 | by Mary Walsh, Alan Rappeport | THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Mary Williams Walsh and Alan Rappeport, includes “… The person said that there was now an urgent need for cash on the island, and that Congress could address some of it by loosening the restrictions on programs for housing, health and infrastructure construction that various federal agencies had offered. The funds would be used on the island and not flow through to the creditors, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the debt situation was still being revised. …”

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