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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a meeting for the Arkansas Republican Party at the Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, Ark., on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Paul says he believes Republicans could lure young voters if they focus on privacy issues following the revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance. (AP Photo/The Sentinel-Record, Mara Kuhn)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul said Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Democrats should remember President Clinton's sexual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky before turning their criticism to Republicans' attitudes toward women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., an early contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, says it's not extreme to want a balanced budget.

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY. President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during an Expanding College Opportunity event, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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"I think these investigations need to be done by independent people outside of the administration," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says of the IRS inquiry. (Associated Press)