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[Music, Ticking SFX] TEXT: On Friday the President announced a change to US immigration policy.

TEXT: Ever since, Mitt Romney has been dodging questions about repealing the order.

TEXT: Day of Announcement
Romney (clip): I think that the action the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution...
Female News Announcer (audio): Yeah so we let that trail off, because you know what he went on for another 30 seconds and we're still not completely sure what he said.

TEXT: 2 Days Later
Bob Schieffer, CBS News: You said that this is just a short term solution to a long-term problem.  But would you repeal this order if you became president?
Romney: Well let's step back and look at the issue...
Schieffer: But what would you do about it?
Would you repeal this?
I won't keep on about this, but just to make sure I understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution or would you just repeal it? 
Romney: We'll look at that, we'll look at that setting as we reach that...

TEXT: 3 Days Later
John King, CNN: ...scratching your head and wondering why a man who wants to be president can't tell us a little bit more about what he would actually do...  Five times, five times Bob Schieffer of CBS tried for a direct answer.

TEXT: 4 Days Later
Male News Announcer: Mitt Romney still declines to say whether he would overturn this immigration order.  I asked Ron Johnson, your colleague from Wisconsin, this three times yesterday, and he declined to answer...

TEXT: 5 Days Later
Male News Announcer: Mitt Romney has now completed his fifth day of having absolutely no idea of what he thinks about President Obama's new policy on immigration...

TEXT: 6 Days Later
Male News Announcer (audio): After his speech Romney refused to answer questions about the status of undocumented college students like Myra Hidalgo [phon.] who said she confronted the GOP contender on the issue.
Interviewer: Are you disappointed in that?
Hidalgo: I'm very disappointed because I want to know what my life is going to be like when he gets elected.  I want to know what my family's life is going to be like when he gets elected, if he gets elected.

TEXT: 7 days and counting...
TEXT: Why won't Mitt Romney give a straight answer?

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