Daily Archives: September 11, 2013

Published:Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Updated:Tuesday, September 10, 2013 23:09

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Ron Paul, three-time presidential candidate and former congressman, discusses the NSA in Kresge Auditorium Tuesday evening. "We should never be frightened by the truth. The American people can handle the truth," said Paul.

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Ron Paul checks his watch alongside Ken Owen, executive director of media relations, as the student pre-speech meet and greet event ends at The Inn. Paul delivered his speech to the Greencastle community in Kresge Auditorium Tuesday evening as part of the Ubben Lecture series. He was the eight presidential candidate to speak at DePauw.

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Junior Jamie Powell snaps a photo of junior Lan Sansone and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul at the Inn Tuesday evening. Paul visited with selected students for an hour before he delivered a speech in Kresge Auditorium.

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Ron Paul, three-time presidential candidate and former congressman, discusses the NSA in Kresge Auditorium Tuesday evening. "We should never be frightened by the truth. The American people can handle the truth," said Paul.

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Ron Paul, "Golden Rule" foreign policy and personal resposibility at home

Ron Paul posted a message on Facebook on Wednesday calling the September 11 terrorist attacks blowback for decades of US intervention in the Middle East.

Were supposed to believe that the perpetrators of 9/11 hated us for our freedom and goodness, Paul wrote on the 12th anniversary of the attacks. In fact, that crime was blowback for decades of US intervention in the Middle East. And the last thing we needed was the governments response: more wars, a stepped-up police and surveillance state, and drones.

Attached to the post was a picture of an American flag at half mast with the words Never Forget. September 11, 2001. The post had more than 21,000 likes several hours after it went up.

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Paul is well known for his libertarian ideology and opposition to U.S. military action abroad. He said last week that it would be historic if Congress voted against President Obamas plan for military strikes in Syria. His son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, has been one of the most vocal opponents to U.S. action in Syria following the regimes alleged use of chemical weapons.

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Ron Paul: U.S. triggered Sept. 11