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Rand Paul: “I'm quite happy with the answer and I'm disappointed it took a month-and-a-half and a root canal to get it, but we did…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2013
I'm quite happy with the answer and I'm disappointed it took a month-and-a-half and a root canal to get it, but we did get the answer. And that’s what I have been asking all along.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul reacts to Attorney General Eric Holder's clarification regarding the authority to kill Americans on U.S. soil.

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