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Romney, aides used private e-mail while he was governor

President Obama spoke encouragingly Friday about the improving economy, including the tentative revival of the manufacturing sector, as he touted his record on a factory floor in this battleground for his re-election campaign. Speaking to workers at an aircraft-parts manufacturing plant, Obama outlined progress made on his watch in the auto industry and other parts of the economy, holding up a February jobs report that White House officials called encouraging as evidence.

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