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Gov. Romney On The Line-Item Veto


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Gov. Romney On The Line-Item Veto

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Governor Mitt Romney on the Paul W. Smith show, WJR 760 AM in Detroit, Michigan.

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2008, Giuliani, GOP, Line-Item, LineItem, Mitt, MittRomney, Romney, Veto,

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