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Election 2012: Romney says he would have ordered bin Laden killing

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04/30/2012

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Romney says he would have ordered bin Laden killing

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Monday he definitely would have ordered the U.S. military strike that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if he had been president.

Obama and Bill Clinton campaign together on economy

MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton gave a rousing endorsement of fellow Democrat Barack Obama in his first 2012 campaign appearance with the president on Sunday night, and helped him raise more than $2 million.

Obama, Romney tweak strategies for tight race this fall

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack Obama's campaign is calling Romney a far-right conservative - a contradictory set of messages that essentially invites voters to decide what they don't like about Romney.

Bill Clinton teams up with Obama for re-election fundraisers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama on Sunday to raise money for the Democrat's re-election campaign, the first time the two U.S. political heavyweights have campaigned together in 2012.

Obama campaign questions Romney on bin Laden death

FORT STEWART, Georgia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign sought to make the death of Osama bin Laden a central part of the U.S. presidential election on Friday with a video that questioned whether Republican rival Mitt Romney would have made the same call to approve the mission that killed the al Qaeda leader.

Romney keeps focus on economy despite Obama attacks

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - White House candidate Mitt Romney on Friday kept his focus on attacking President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, in the face of Democrats' attempts to paint the Republican hopeful as weak on national security.

Palin, McCain differ again in race for Indiana Senate seat

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - They disagreed as Republican running mates during the 2008 presidential campaign, and on Friday John McCain and Sarah Palin endorsed rival candidates in the tight Indiana primary to determine if U.S. Senator Richard Lugar gets a shot at a seventh term.

Obama campaign reveals new slogan: "Forward"

Obama reelection campaign is out with a seven-minute web video that introduces a new one-word campaign slogan, "Forward," and lays out its case for the president's reelection, emphasizing Obama's handling of the economic "disaster" that preceded him and offering an exhaustive list of accomplishments from his tenure.