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Mitt Romney is adding former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie to his campaign team, a clear signal the presumptive GOP nominee is pivoting from the bruising GOP primary into a broader general-election campaign.

Gillespie will serve as a senior adviser from Washington and help Romney with strategic planning and messaging.

“I am pleased that Ed is joining my team,” Romney said in a statement. “He brings a wealth of experience that will prove invaluable in the political battle that lies ahead. Barack Obama is building a $1 billion campaign war machine, and Ed will play an important role in countering it.  He’ll help in bringing Republicans and all Americans together behind my campaign and in communicating our message that America can do better than the chronic high unemployment, slow economic growth and bitter political divisions that are Barack Obama’s primary accomplishments.”

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