In this April 13, 2011 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced Ryan as his running mate. As the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan gives Romney a link to Capitol Hill leadership and underscores Romney's effort to make the election a referendum on the nation's economic course. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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