Morning Examiner: Will Republicans continue to #standwithrand today?

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., may have ended his nearly 13 hour filibuster of John Brennan’s CIA director nomination at 12:40 AM last night, but his fight against President Obama’s unlimited use of drone strikes is far from over.

Paul launched his filibuster at 11:47 AM Wednesday after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to rule out Obama administration use of drone strikes on American citizens on American soil. “It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the president to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” a letter from Holder to Paul read.