Credit: BBC
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named fiscal conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate in November’s election.
Mr Ryan, 42, is a Wisconsin congressman and chairman of the House of Representatives budget committee.
BBC North America editor Mark Mardell says the decision is a bold and ideological choice.
The Obama campaign said Mr Ryan stood for “flawed” economic policies that would repeat “catastrophic” mistakes.
Mr Romney formally unveiled his running mate before hundreds of cheering supporters at the retired aircraft carrier USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia.
Slip of the tongue
In a slip of the tongue, the former Massachusetts governor introduced Mr Ryan as “the next president of the United States”, before correcting himself to say he meant vice-president.
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