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The Democratic National Committee blasted Mitt Romney for "not paying his fair share" after tax returns released Tuesday showed that he owed less than 15 percent of his income in federal taxes.

"Mitt Romney used every loophole in the book available to the wealthiest and large corporations to avoid paying his fair share," Patrick Gaspard, the DNC Executive Director, said on a call with reporters Tuesday.

Gaspard accused Romney of "ducking and dodging the tax return issue" and of not releasing enough information about his finances, noting that prior presidential candidates had released multiple years of disclosures. He went on to demand, at the least, Romney turn over his records for the past five years.

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