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Graham Focuses on Taking Down Paul

April 10, 2015 · 6:11 am ET · 11 Comments

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “may still be weighing whether to run for president, but he already has a strategy — distancing himself from fellow senator Rand Paul (R-KY),” Politico reports.

“In TV appearances, on the campaign trail, and even in private fundraisers, Graham, an Air Force reservist and one of his party’s most prominent defense hawks, has gone after Paul repeatedly and by name, casting him as weak-kneed and unwilling to protect the country from aggressors.”

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