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President Obama attacked Mitt Romney for the first time by name in a speech he gave Tuesday critical of the House GOP budget plan. But the president took his first shot at his presumptive rival on Twitter Thursday, breaking new ground in the art of the presidential swipe.

So what's Romney hiding? Tweet @MittRomney to demand he release his tax returns. #WhatsRomneyHiding

â€" Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 5, 2012

The Obama campaign has been hammering Romney's use of a "loophole" in financial disclosure laws that allows him to shield some of his financial holdings from public view, revealed in a Thursday article by the Washington Post. The article says that "by offering a limited description of his assets, Romney has made it difficult to know precisely where his money is invested, whether it is offshore or in controversial companies, or whether those holdings could affect his policies or present any conflicts of interest."

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