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Rand Paul: “So I would say, the sooner, the better, we can come home. This process says come home. Under the law, it says you should…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2011
So I would say, the sooner, the better, we can come home. This process says come home. Under the law, it says you should start bringing troops home within 30 days. This allows up to the end of the year after this would be passed. But this needs to be done. A message needs to be sent. And some day we have to wake up and say, if you are a fiscal conservative, you ought to look at the waste. {time} 1230 This is military Keynesianism to believe that we should do this forever. So I would say this is the day to be on record and vote for this resolution.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky
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Mar 17, 2011

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