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Rick Santorum plans to endorse Mitt Romney in the general election against President Barack Obama, that much is clear. The question is, how strongly will he support his former rival after months of brutal back-and-forth attacks during the Republican primary season? The answer could become more clear on Friday, when Santorum and Romney plan to meet for a private conversation in Pittsburgh, Pa. It will be the first time the two have met for an extended meeting since Santorum quit the race earlier this year. The two, who plan to meet alone, have much to discuss. "There are a lot of issues I know Rick Santorum wants to go over," Santorum strategist John Brabender told Yahoo News in an interview Thursday. Santorum's priorities include ensuring that manufacturing is "critical" to Romney's economic plan, "making sure how conservatives and tea party Republicans will be represented by the campaign" and confirming that any effort to repeal Obama's health care overhaul would not...