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Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, but did not immediately endorse Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination. “We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting,” Santorum said, fighting back tears. He noted that his daughter Bella was home after being hospitalized with pneumonia.
Campaign 2012
Santorum checks out
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