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Rand Paul to lay out four-pronged platform on foreign policy

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For the first time since facing an onslaught of criticism this year over his foreign policy views, Sen. Rand Paul will spell out his comprehensive national security platform Thursday in remarks that his office bills as a major foreign policy speech.

The Kentucky Republican, who's aggressively laying groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, is set to deliver his address in New York at the Center for the National Interest, a think-tank founded by former President Richard Nixon.

In a four-pronged framework Paul will attempt to cement himself as a "conservative realist," according to his spokesman, and address critics that characterize his views as isolationist.

"America should and will fight wars when the consequences—intended and unintended—are worth the sacrifice," he will say, according to prepared remarks.

Paul has tried to defend his traditionally non-interventionist positions in interviews and high-profile Senate floor speeches this year, as well as a speech early last year at the Heritage Foundation.

But he aims to approach his speech Thursday from the perspective of a major, would-be U.S. leader, rather than a lawmaker, according to his spokesman.

In four points, he'll outline how and when he would advocate for the use of force if the U.S. or U.S. interests are threatened, and he'll underscore his widely-known position that a U.S. president should seek authorization from Congress before taking military action.

"America shouldn't fight wars where the best outcome is stalemate. America shouldn't fight wars when there is no plan for victory," he will say.

He's also set to talk at length about maintaining diplomatic relationships abroad, as well as discuss his views on sanctions—a topic he has not thoroughly elaborated on in the past.

And finally, he'll reiterate a stance he has consistently taken--that the country's debt is one of its biggest national security threats.

The first-term senator will disparage President Obama's handling of international affairs in his speech—not unfamiliar territory for Paul, who has repeatedly slammed the president for not coming to Congress before using force abroad.

It's also expected that Paul will take aim at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a frequent target of his in speeches on the campaign and fundraising trail, especially when it comes to the 2012 terrorist attack against the U.S. compound in Benghazi.

"America shouldn't fight wars where the best outcome is stalemate."
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky

His speech comes as he attempts to further distance himself from the more libertarian views trumpeted by his father, three-time presidential candidate and former congressman Ron Paul.

Elected with a wave of tea party support in 2010, Rand Paul has more sought to broaden his appeal to establishment Republicans and even Democrats as he eyes the presidency.

The attention has attracted finely tuned scrutiny to his views and past statements on foreign policy, as Paul has been known to break with his own party and lean towards staying out of foreign entanglements. (Last month he slammed hawkish lawmakers for being "barnacled enablers" that have "never met a war they didn't like.")

He was widely panned this year when he evolved in his opinion about the crisis in Ukraine, as well as the threat of ISIS in the Middle East, as both situations continued to worsen.

On ISIS, for example, he penned an opinion piece earlier this summer openly questioning the value of launching air strikes against militants in Iraq.

But not long after the beheading of American James Foley, Paul became supportive of a U.S.-lead air campaign against the terrorist organization—a change that critics made sure to highlight as a massive flip-flop but what Paul reluctantly admitted as a change in views based on the situation at hand, the "realist" side of his worldview.

 

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