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Rand Paul’s defense of his Iran flip flop doesn’t hold water

By Philip Klein

Published April 9, 2015 10:25pm ET

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Rand Paul’s defense of his Iran flip flop doesn’t hold water — In 2007, when stumping for his father, Rand Paul argued that a nuclear Iran wasn't a threat to the U.S. (Getty) | Scott Olson

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., entered the presidential race this week under fire for his shifting positions on Iran.

In 2007, when pushing the presidential candidacy of his father, Paul argued that a nuclear Iran wasn’t a threat to the United States. Now that he’s running for president, he’s trying to argue that he always believed a nuclear Iran presented a threat to the United States.

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