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Rep. Ron Paul's foreign policy has been both booed and cheered, vehemently supported and dismissed as crazy. Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace called Paul's foreign policy views "the bridge too far" for Republicans—the thing holding him back from wider GOP voter acceptance in the presidential race.

Since many of Paul's long-held economic policies—particularly on spending cuts and auditing the Federal Reserve—have come into vogue, some pundits believe foreign policy is what keeps Paul's national presidential poll numbers in the 10 percent range.

So are the 12-term congressman's views commonsense ideas Republicans need to consider, or would they threaten U.S. security?

U.S. News spoke with two experts in the field to get their take on a few tenets of Paul's philosophy.


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