The good news is that doing both will require funding levels far below what the U.S. has spent during earlier wars.

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Brazil has declining debt, a strong consumer base, and a fiscal deficit far below that of the U.S. and most of Europe.

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In most of the data released Friday the levels of contaminants detected are far below the standards observed by EPA and other U.S. agencies.

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Early this month, though, the government said U.S. employers added only 88, 000 jobs in March, far below the 220, 000 average in the previous four months.

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