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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, raised his standing among Republicans hungry for a presidential winner with his nearly 13-hour filibuster last week. What Rand Paul did on the floor this week was fantastic,” said House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” (Associated Press)

Rand Paul filibuster is music to many ears; senator raises profile for 2016

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

This video frame grab provided by Senate Television shows Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, speaking on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Senate Democrats pushed Wednesday for speedy confirmation of John O. Brennan's nomination to be CIA director but ran into a snag after Mr. Paul began a lengthy filibuster over the legality of potential drone strikes on U.S. soil. (Associated Press/Senate Television)

CURL: 13 hours that changed the Republican Party

By Joseph Curl

Associated Press

KUHNER: Mr. Paul goes to Washington

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is now “the man to beat in 2016,” a Republican strategist said, after delaying a vote Wednesday on CIA nominee John O. Brennan with an old-style one-man filibuster. (Associated Press)

The Wrap: From canceled White House tours to snowed-out global warming hearings, the week that was

The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., leaves the floor of the Senate after his filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rand Paul says he’s ‘seriously’ mulling White House run in 2016

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is now “the man to beat in 2016,” a Republican strategist said, after delaying a vote Wednesday on CIA nominee John O. Brennan with an old-style one-man filibuster. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Rand against the drones

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

John Brennan

PRUDEN: The tall talker and the old geezers

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan, then-nominee for CIA director, testifies Feb. 7, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Associated Press)

Senate confirms CIA director Brennan after Paul gets assurances

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky challenged the Republican Party establishment to win his seat in 2010. He started a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, demanding assurances that the Obama administration would not use drones in the U.S. to kill terrorist suspects. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul’s filibuster highlights split in GOP ranks; defense hawks not amused

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Van Jones is seen at the National Summit in Detroit in on June 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Van Jones: ‘Rand Paul was a hero yesterday’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Chris Matthews (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chris Matthews: ‘Hate groups must root for Ted Cruz’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice." (Associated Press)

Holder: No authority for drone strikes on non-combatant Americans

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Host Jon Stewart is seen here Oct. 18, 2012, during a taping of "The Daily Show with John Stewart" in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jon Stewart commends Rand Paul: Drone filibuster ‘worth’ fuss

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is now “the man to beat in 2016,” a Republican strategist said, after delaying a vote Wednesday on CIA nominee John O. Brennan with an old-style one-man filibuster. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul raises national profile by using filibuster to take stand on drone controversy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky challenged the Republican Party establishment to win his seat in 2010. He started a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, demanding assurances that the Obama administration would not use drones in the U.S. to kill terrorist suspects. (Associated Press)

After almost 13 hours, Rand Paul ends Brennan filibuster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is calling for the GOP to adopt a more restrained and less interventionist approach to global affairs, and is embracing the sequester cuts to the defense budget that have military hawks in a tizzy. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio, Rand Paul differ on Middle East

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 11, 2010, file photo, Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul speaks during a debate with Democrat Jack Conway at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)

Rand Paul writes $600K check to U.S. Treasury

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says he will not allow a vote on John O. Brennan as director of the CIA until he answers his question on drones. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul to hold up Brennan’s CIA nomination over drone strikes

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Israeli President Shimon Peres (right) speaks with Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The swing through the Middle East is bolstering Mr. Rubio’s experience in foreign policy. (Associated Press)

Israel stop a boost to Marco Rubio’s foreign policy profile

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times