Romney continues overseas tour

After stopping in London to visit with British leaders and attend the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Republican presidential candidate continues his week-long overseas trip by going to Israel. He will conclude his journey with a stop in Poland.

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July 26, 2012

Mitt Romney, right, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London with Parliament member Jeremy Browne to meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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July 26, 2012

Romney is on the three-nation tour to help burnish his image as a potential head of state to voters back in the United States. Barack Obama conducted a similar tour when he ran for president four years ago.

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July 26, 2012

Romney tours the Great Pavilion exhibit with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, second from left, alongside other government officials, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

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July 26, 2012

Romney meets with former British prime minister Tony Blair, now a special envoy on Middle East issues, in London.

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July 26, 2012

Romney meets with British Labor Party leader Ed Miliband in London. The morning appearance was also met with a minor breach of typical protocol: Miliband called on two British journalists to ask questions, which Romney answered, but Romney did not call on any U.S. journalists.

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July 27, 2012

To avoid a traffic jam, Romney walks down Grosvenor Place to meet Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the embassy of Ireland in London.

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July 28, 2012

Romney and his wife, Ann, wave during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London. The Romney campaign had hoped the visit to London during the Olympics would give him a chance to remind voters back home of his successful stewardship of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

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July 29, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Romney in Jerusalem. Earlier in the day, Dan Senor, a senior foreign policy adviser to Romney, said the candidate would support a unilateral military strike by Israel against Iran to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability.

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July 29, 2012

Romney pauses next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

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July 29, 2012

Romney shakes hands with other visitors at the Western Wall.

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July 29, 2012

Ann Romney joins her husband in visiting the Western Wall.

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July 29, 2012

Romney arrives for a meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

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July 30, 2012

Romney and his wife, Ann, board their charter plane in Tel Aviv as they travel to Poland.

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July 30, 2012

Romney and his wife, Ann, greet the crowd outside the Old Town Hall in Gdansk, Poland.

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July 30, 2012

Mitt Romney walks out of a meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (back left) at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk.

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July 30, 2012

Mitt Romney is accompanied by his wife, Ann, and son Josh, during a visit to the World War II Memorial Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland.

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July 30, 2012

Romney, accompanied by his wife, Ann, and son Josh, pauses after laying a wreath at the World War II Memorial Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland.

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July 30, 2012

Romney, left, sits with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, during a meeting at Artus Court in Gdansk.

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July 30, 2012

Romney and his wife, Ann, hold hands with former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa during a meeting at Artus Court in Gdansk.

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July 31, 2012

Romney, left, meets with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Warsaw.

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July 31, 2012

Romney delivers a speech on foreign policy at the University of Warsaw.

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July 31, 2012

Romney and his wife, Ann, greet guests after he delivered foreign policy remarks at the University of Warsaw.

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July 31, 2012

Romney meets Polish veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as he visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw.

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July 31, 2012

Romney, center, stands with Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw.

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July 31, 2012

Romney, left, meets with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw.

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