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The times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. The true story of mitt romney and bain capital rolling stone. Mitt romney was sworn in as the 70th governor of massachusetts on january 2, 2003, along with lieutenant governor kerry healey. In 1975, he was awarded an mba from harvard business school, where he was named. The bottom line is president trump did nothing wrong, and the republican party is more united than ever behind him, mcdaniel said a statement following romneys announcement. But he comes out, he not only has a harvard business school degree. Willard mitt romney is an american politician and businessman who was the republican partys nominee for president of the united states in the 2012 election.
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