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By Niels Lesniewski Posted at 2:11 p.m. on Jan. 10, 2015
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At least one of the Senates 2016 contenders is bailing on the big House-Senate Republican conference gathering next week in Hershey, Pa.
An aide to Sen. Rand Paul confirmed the Kentucky Republican would not attend the retreat the first joint gathering of the majorities on both sides of the Rotunda.
CQ Roll Call asked the Paul aide about a report the senator would be traveling to New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada the second half of next week (including time that overlaps with the congressional retreat). The aide emphasized in an email the senators schedule would not require him to miss any business at the Capitol itself.
Sen. Paul was elected to represent Kentucky in the Senate. He will not be missing any Senate votes or committee business next week, the aide said.
Still, the scheduling conflicts highlight an emerging challenge for the new Senate majority, as several senators, including Paul, Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, are considering presidential bids.
Cruz is scheduled to attend the retreat, an aide told CQ Roll Call. Rubios office did not immediate respond to a request about his plans.
Plans for the joint retreat between Republicans in the two chambers were publicly confirmed at thebeginning of December.
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The Kentucky Republican said Thursday that intelligence and surveillance tactics should still be employed to prevent terrorism, but argued "there's some policy changes, though, that could be better."
"I think also you got to secure your country. That means maybe that every Muslim immigrant that wishes to come to France shouldn't have an open door to come," he said on Sean Hannity's radio show, referring to Islamic radicalization in Europe.
Charlie Hebdo shooting: Who are the suspects?
Paul suggested such policy be considered by France and "many of these other countries that had old colonies in predominantly Muslim areas."
But the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting -- Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi -- are French citizens who were known to the country's security services, according to officials.
Waves of Muslim immigrants from former French colonies in North Africa flocked to France in the 1960s after a wave of decolonization and a liberalization of France's immigration policies in the 1980s gave way to a new wave of Muslim immigrants from the region.
Today, most of France's Muslim population are French nationals. And higher birth rates among Muslim immigrants are largely responsible for the growth in the country's Muslim population. That growth -- mirrored not just in France but across Europe -- coupled with a struggling economy, has contributed to the growth of far right parties, fueled by anti-immigrant sentiment.
Why are so many young French people turning to jihad?
Paul, a potential presidential contender, argued that "it's also my concern here," saying the U.S. border "is a danger to attack" and criticizing what he described as a poorly monitored student visa program.
"So there are a lot of lessons here that we need to continue to learn," he continued.
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Rand Paul questions French immigration policy for Muslims