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Rand Paul: “I know the most important thing for freedom and peace is for me to obey the Constitution. Where is it the authority of…”

On the recordNovember 13, 1997
I know the most important thing for freedom and peace is for me to obey the Constitution. Where is it the authority of the Constitution for us to police the world?
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the constitutional authority for U.S. military intervention abroad.

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