Rand Paul to oversee confirmation hearing of Trump's DHS pick who once blasted him as a 'snake'
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TL;DR
Mullin Why He Called Him a 'Snake' Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pulled no punches in his opening statement Wednesday morning at the Department of Homeland Security Committee hearing on fellow GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be Kristi Noem's successor as secretary.
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