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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney begins airing a new television ad Monday that features the presidential hopeful and his wife discussing the importance of providing children with a solid moral background.

"It’s just essential to have a home where faith, where love of country, where determination, where all of these features that are so much a part of America’s culture are tied to our kids,” Romney says in the ad. “And without them, I don’t see how a society continues to lead the world.”

The 30-second ad will run in Iowa and New Hampshire.

– CNN Political Editor Mark Preston