Politics

Rand Paul vs. the Real World

The Kentucky senator was supposed to herald a newly dovish GOP. But with Putin pushing westward and ISIS on the loose, will anyone buy what he’s selling?

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The world, it seems, has gotten in the way of Senator Rand Paul’s worldview.

Paul is slated to deliver a “big speech” on foreign policy in mid-October at the National Defense University.

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