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Ron Paul: “It would be following the advice of the founding fathers. It would be following the advice of President Bush when he ran…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2007
It would be following the advice of the founding fathers. It would be following the advice of President Bush when he ran in the year 2000, that we shouldn't be involved in nation-building. We shouldn't be policing the world. We should have a more humble foreign policy.
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Ron Paul discusses his vision for a different military and foreign policy if he were president.

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