An interesting article from
Buzzfeed:
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has been holding a series of meetings with
neo-conservative pro-Israel foreign policy hands as the libertarian
prepares to take a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
sources familiar with the meetings said.
Paul's new contacts
include Dan Senor, a former key Mitt Romney foreign policy aide who is
also close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met Paul in
his Washington office.
Paul is also going to take a "fairly
impressive list of folks" on his trip to Israel next week, according to a
source close to him, and he is planning on delivering a major foreign
policy address in early February.
...
Recently, the junior Paul has begun
an under-the-radar campaign to make overtures to those in his party
whose foreign policy views are far less libertarian than his. He did an
interview with the Washington Post's hawkish blogger Jennifer Rubin, who
found him "more self-aware and engaging than is the elder Paul, a wide-eyed libertarian."
"I'm
irreconcilable on this point," said one prominent Jewish conservative.
"But others take a different view and have met with him in the past and
in the run up to this trip."
A source close to Paul confirmed the
meetings and said that "Senator Paul has always spoken with a wide
range of foreign policy experts." A spokesperson for Paul didn't respond
to a request for comment.
Paul's trip to Israel begins on Sunday
and he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President
Shimon Peres on Monday, according to The Jerusalem Post. The trip has been widely interpreted as a signal from Paul of his national intentions.
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