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Fact check: Romney's deficit vow lacks specifics

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday.

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Mitt Romney promised voters Thursday night that he would cut deficits and put America on track to a balanced budget as president, but he left voters to take it on faith — or not — that he could deliver. The details behind that pledge, and the painful spending choices involved, are conspicuously lacking in his agenda.

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