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From: Dale Baker10/10/2012 1:28:57 PM
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Slain SEAL's mother critical of Romney

By Steve Benen
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Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:25 PM EDT

This week, Mitt Romney added a new anecdote to his stump speech. It's proving to be a controversial decision.

Just yesterday, at events in Ohio and Iowa, the Republican said he remembered meeting a former Navy SEAL a while back, whom he recently learned was one of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya.

The slain American's mother does not seem pleased. Barbara Doherty, whose son Glen was killed in last month's attack, told the NBC affiliate in Boston:

"I don't trust Romney. He shouldn't make my son's death part of his political agenda. It's wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama."

The station sought a response from the Romney campaign, but did not receive one.

Romney has already faced criticism for exploiting the deaths in Benghazi for partisan gain last month, and Doherty's criticism certainly won't help the larger political dynamic.
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