Republican Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential run on website
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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2015, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. Paul takes the first step on Saturday, March 7 toward running for president when he asks state party leaders in Kentucky to endorse his idea to create a 2016 presidential caucus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2015, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. Paul takes the first step on Saturday, March 7 toward running for president when he asks state party leaders in Kentucky to endorse his idea to create a 2016 presidential caucus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rand Paul on Tuesday officially announced on his website that he will run for U.S. president in 2016, hours before an event in his home state of Kentucky where he is expected to formally launch the campaign. "I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government," he said in a posting at www.randpaul.com. (Reporting By Lisa Lambert; Editing by Emily Stephenson)
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