Standard & Poor's Downgrades United States Credit Rating

A day after Standard & Poor's took the unprecedented step of downgrading the creditworthiness of the U.S. government to AA+ from AAA, the ratings agency offered a full-throated defense of its decision, calling the bitter standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress over raising the debt ceiling a "debacle" and warning that further downgrades may lie ahead.

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