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DETROIT (AP) -- Four days before critical primary elections, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney outlined a far-reaching plan Friday to gradually delay Americans' eligibility for Medicare as well as Social Security.
Romney said the shift, as people live longer, is needed to steer the giant benefit programs toward economic sustainability.
Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club - in cavernous Ford Field, where the Detroit Lions football team plays - he also made a play for primary election support in Michigan, which votes on Tuesday along with Arizona.
Romney said previous steps to toughen government emission standards had "provided a benefit to some of the foreign automakers" at the expense of American companies. He said future changes should be worked out cooperatively between government and industry.
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