Lugar: Paul not in GOP mainstream

Texas Rep. and presidential candidate Ron Paul is out of line with the mainstream GOP when it comes to foreign policy, Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) says.

In an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," host Candy Crowley asked Lugar: "Is that a Republican party message?"

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Replied the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "That's one Republican's message." And he?went on to say that Paul's left-of-Obama foreign policy views were not representative of the party.

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"No, of course not. ?And it's not a message which really a president of the United States could ever afford to extend. In other words, we're a -- a party and a -- a president of leadership, leadership in the world," he said. "We have a fleet that covers all the seas, that, as a matter of fact, makes foreign trade possible, trade of all sorts. ?We're the only country that can go everywhere all over the world, and, therefore, indispensable to our allies as well as to our own interests."

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"These are very, very important parts of our national strength. And they involve foreign policy. They involve armed forces and a combination of these," Lugar said.

Read more about: Ron Paul, Foreign Policy, 2012, Dick Lugar, 2012 Election

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