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| Ben Carson confirms backing for Donald Trump for US presidency | Ben Carson confirms backing for Donald Trump for US presidency |
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| Former Republican hopeful Ben Carson has confirmed his support for his former rival and front-runner Donald Trump in the US presidential race. | |
| He made the endorsement at a joint news conference in Florida with Mr Trump, ahead of primaries there on Tuesday. | |
| The winner of the Republican nomination will face Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the Democrats, in November. | |
| Mr Carson is the second former candidate to endorse Mr Trump after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. | |
| A retired neurosurgeon, Mr Carson was an early frontrunner but dropped out last week after failing to gain significant popular support. | |
| "I have found in talking with him, that there's a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than I ever thought that there was," Mr Carson said of his former rival. | |
| "Donald Trump talks a lot about making America great. It's not just talk, he means it," he added. | |
| The endorsement follows a debate in Miami on Thursday night between Mr Trump and his remaining rivals Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich. | |
| Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman from New York with no political experience, has dominated the state primary contests so far. |