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Rand Paul voted yesterday in favor of Amendment No. 1549 to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment would allow the U.S. to provide direct assistance to the Kurdistan Regional Government in their fight against the Islamic State. Specifically, the amendment would provide temporary, emergency authority for the President to provide weapons and training directly to Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces.The amendment failed to pass with a vote of 54-45.Not exactly the U.S. staying out of foreign entanglements. How is it that some see Rand as libertarian?