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Romney calls for Obama to apologize for Bain attacks

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    Romney: 'Attacks beneath the Presidency'

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Hello -- -- governor Mitt Romney is now on the offensive he's calling for President Obama to apologize for -- his campaign.

Is repeatedly making about Romney's time -- -- capital.

Ron it is series of interviews including one with our own campaign Carl Cameron to set the record straight.

-- Hamburg is joining us live now here in DC with more on what the governor had to say -- -- the former governor Mitt -- says the Obama campaign's attacks on his tenure at Bain Capital private equity firm.

Our -- ridiculous and quote beneath the credit the presidency.

Romney did interviews yesterday with all the broadcasting cable news channels to push back on the attacks.

The Obama campaign has been challenging Romney's assertion that he left Spain in early 1999.

Even though documents -- submitted to the government say -- was still -- CEO three years later.

Bain says there was a lag -- updating its paperwork but an Obama campaign spokesperson said the discrepancy may make Romney a felon.

Which prompted this response from Romney.

He really needs to rein in his team and -- finally take responsibility for what they're saying that this is really absurd.

But you know I think this is showing a pattern you you just had very bad news on the economic front.

With now 41 straight months with unemployment above 8%.

And what does the president do here he says he's gonna.

Raise taxes on people.

He's trying to got welfare reform as we know what and he launches attacks of this nature it's.

Well this is beneath the dignity of his office.

The president is in Richmond Virginia at this hour about to -- a campaign speech as part of a two day swing through this battle ground state.

His campaign team is trying to connect Romney to Bain and outsourcing jobs in one of a couple new ads from the president's reelection effort.

The only sound is Romney singing America the beautiful while words -- hear about jobs going overseas.

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-- -- Romney -- making his case to the American people in part on his business experience.

Says he last -- in February 1999 to head of the Olympics.

And in response to the Obama attacks says American voters quote expected more from this president.