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DES MOINES—For the second day in a row, Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama on welfare reform, accusing his Democratic opponent of ditching a work requirement for those receiving government assistance. Speaking at a local high school here, Romney charged that Obama was undermining welfare reforms signed into law by former President Bill Clinton. But he added a new argument, telling supporters here that Obama spoke out against the work requirement when he was a member of the Illinois legislature. Romney accused Obama of simply carrying out his "original intent" to dial back the Clinton-era reforms with a recent Department of Human Services directive that removed some federal work requirements in order to allow states to be more flexible in determining who could qualify for government assistance. "It is wrong to make any change that would make America more of a nation of government dependency," Romney said. "We must restore work in welfare." If elected, Romney vowed to roll...