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Mitt Romney visits Jerusalem's Western Wall

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney places a message written on paper in the ancient stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on July 29, during the annual Ninth of Av fasting and memorial day, commemorating the destruction of ancient temples in Jerusalem. Romney is meeting Israeli leaders as he seeks to burnish his foreign policy credentials and portray himself as a better friend to Israel than President Barack Obama.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney places a message written on paper in the ancient stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on July 29, during the annual Ninth of Av fasting and memorial day, commemorating the destruction of ancient temples in Jerusalem. Romney is meeting Israeli leaders as he seeks to burnish his foreign policy credentials and portray himself as a better friend to Israel than President Barack Obama.Menahem Kahana / AFP - Getty Images
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JERUSALEM - Mitt Romney would “respect” Israel's use of military force to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, a senior aide said on Sunday as the Republican presidential candidate began his visit to Jerusalem.

"If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that capability, the governor would respect that decision," Romney's senior national security aide Dan Senor told reporters traveling with the candidate.

-- Reported by By Garrett Haake, NBC News, and wire reports

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