Rand Paul

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**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told a gathering of officials from Ohio that the GOP needs to be more welcoming to people who disagree with core GOP tenets. "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues … and get people into the party," he said. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, questions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 7, 2013, during his first visit to Israel. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is a barometer of grass-roots ferocity, reminding the press that the tea party is still percolating and libertarian conservatism remains a force. (Associated Press)

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William Hilton Paul, 19-year-old son of Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, was arrested at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., and charged with underage drinking and disorderly conduct on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, after flying from Kentucky to North Carolina. (AP Photo/Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department via WCNC-TV)