Midday profiles GOP's leading presidential contenders: Rick Perry

Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is interviewed by Google Soapbox while visiting the Iowa State Fair August 15, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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