Rand Paul to oversee confirmation hearing of Trump's DHS pick who once blasted him as a 'snake'

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The article attributes direct quotations and procedural information, and includes responses and support from several senators. It gives limited context for the nomination and the dispute, and does not include Mullin’s response to Paul’s role in the upcoming hearing.

The piece includes Mullin’s criticism, Paul’s response, and brief information about support for and opposition to the nomination. It does not provide Mullin’s response to the prospect of Paul overseeing the hearing or much substantive context about the nomination.

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The article presents the hearing schedule and the personal dispute in mostly straightforward language, with attributed remarks and no clear partisan argument.

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