Romney considers making summer trip to Europe and the Middle East

[Mr. Morden]

He's already supposed to visit the UK for the Olympics, but now might add other stops:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78159.html

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How will this affect the veep announcement timing?

[Mr. Morden]

Looks like the first part of this trip is set:

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=277050

Romney will fly to the UK for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics on July 27.  Looks like he'll fly to Israel on July 29, and leave on the 31st.  Once he leaves Israel, he may or may not stop in Germany and/or Poland before returning to the US.  That part hasn't been announced yet.

Oh, and when he's in Israel, one of the things he'll do is hold a $60,000 a plate fundraising dinner with American expatriates.

[Mr. Morden]

Six day overseas trip (leaving on Wednesday):

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/21/12875776-risk-and-reward-await-romney-on-foreign-trip?lite

Looks like about 2 days each in the UK, Israel, and Poland.