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WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill urged Congress Wednesday to eliminate the estate tax despite new estimates of repeal's cost.

"The President made a compelling case for eliminating the unfair death tax," Mr. O'Neill said in a statement. "Government has no business confiscating the legacy parents work their entire lives to build for their children."

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