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Rand Paul; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ilhan Omar (Getty/Mark Wilson/Suzanne Cordeiro/AP/Susan Walsh)

Why did AOC team up with Rand Paul?

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Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the United Nations Security Council (Getty/Chris Kleponis)

Trump undercuts U.S.'s Taliban strategy

Charlie May
U.S. marines run with their combat gear to take position in the suburbs of the town of Nasariyah in Iraq March 24, 2003. U.S. marines were fighting on Monday to take control of Nassiriya where the city's defenders were putting up stout resistance. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Pictures of the month March 2003 DS/FMS (© Reuters Photographer / Reuters)

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