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The idea of foreign policy realism, I think, fits more neatly with President Trump. And with John McCain, the neoconservative label of let's make the world safe for democracy and we're going to topple every regime hasn't worked.

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Rand Paul
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 7
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