| Media Search: |
Sen. Rand Paul Appears on Fox #39;s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren - August 27, 2014
By: SenatorRandPaul
Read more here:
Sen. Rand Paul Appears on Fox's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren - August 27, 2014 - Video
Rand Paul blasts Clinton, Obama policy on Syria
Rand Paul blasts Clinton, Obama policy on Syria.
By: Youtyfdj3
See the original post here:
Rand Paul blasts Clinton, Obama policy on Syria - Video
Rand Paul Christie Latino outreach
Lisa Lerer shares her #39;Inside Politics #39; notebook about what GOP 2016ers are doing to court Latinos in the coming weeks.
By: CNN
Read the original here:
Rand Paul & Christie Latino outreach - Video
Here's Rand Paul on what a 2016 matchup between himself and de facto Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton might look like: "If you wanna see a transformational election in our country, let the Democrats put forward a war hawk like Hillary Clinton, and you'll see a transformation like you've never seen."
While I'm not sure Clinton would describe herself as a "war hawk" she has tended -- as Secretary of State and in the Senate -- to favor more aggressive approaches to international conflicts then those advocated by President Obama or, for that matter, Paul.
Consider:
* Clinton, while in the Senate, voted for the use of force resolution against Iraq in 2002. Obama, spoke out in opposition to it. Paul, who, like Obama, wasn't in the Senate at the time of the vote, has worked to repeal the use of force resolution.
* Clinton supported a larger troop surge in Afghanistan in 2009. Obama chose a smaller one. Paul penned an op-ed -- along with two Democratic Senators -- advocating for a faster withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan than Obama proposed.
* Clinton was a strong voice advocating military intervention in Libya.President Obama eventually sided with her. Paul opposed military intervention.
*Clinton favored more directly and broadly arming Syrian rebels early in the civil war, a move Obama resisted.Paul opposed arming the rebels.
Given that record, if Clinton and Paul were their party's respective nominees, it seems certain that she would be more hawkish in her approach to nearly every major international conflict than he would be. And that fact alone would be a remarkable turnabout -- given that Republicans have built much of their electoral success over the past three-plus decades around a muscular foreign policy. (It remains to be seen whether Paul's non-interventionist views will be disqualifying for him in the Republican primary fight.)
"It's pretty funny to see Rand Paul trying to direct Democrats on policy and politics alike," said Adrienne Elrod, communications director for Correct The Record, a Clinton-aligned super PAC. "He's too cute by half,and as a whole, he istoodangerous for our nation."
The more intriguing question is whether Paul or Clinton would be closer to where the American public stands on what role the U.S. should play in foreign conflicts.
Read the rest here:
The Fix: Rand Paul says he scares Democrats. Should he?
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks at the Americans for Prosperity gathering Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, in Dallas. Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are bashing what they call the presidents lack of leadership in response to the violent militant group ... more >
Sen. Rand Paul lambasted former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintons foreign policy Friday, saying shed likely had been canned had her husband been in charge during the 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
I think had Hillary Clinton worked for Bill Clinton, she would have been fired, the Kentucky Republican said during a speech at the annual Americans for Prosperity Summit in Dallas.
There will be a discussion over the next four years to discuss if Hillary Clinton is fit to be in charge of government, Mr. Paul said to audience jeers, adding that Mrs. Clintons handling of the attack goes to the core of whether or not the people in charge of this should be in charge of government.
Mr. Paul is one of several prospects routinely floated for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Mrs. Clinton is widely seen as the front-runner for the Democrats.
On NBCs Meet the Press Sunday, Mr. Paul called Mrs. Clinton a war hawk and claimed the rise of Islamic State militants in the Middle East was a direct result of her push for war in Libya.
During his speech Friday, Mr. Paul also harshly criticized President Obama for saying he did not have a strategy to combat the Islamic State terrorist group, which has beheaded an American journalist and taken control of large areas of Iraq and Syria.
If the president has no strategy, maybe its time for a new president, Mr. Paul said.
Continued here:
Rand Paul: Even Bill Clinton would have fired Hillary for Benghazi