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Rand Paul: A lot of us think of independence--we put another word in there automatically, that means 'secret' and 'clandestine' and…

On the recordJuly 8, 2009
A lot of us think of independence--we put another word in there automatically, that means 'secret' and 'clandestine' and 'serving special interests.'
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Critiques the concept of Fed independence as potentially secretive.

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