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Ron Paul said that it could be possible to impeach President Barack Obama for the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric linked to al Qaeda killed in a drone strike Friday.

Paul told students at a University of New Hampshire town hall that an "impeachment process would be possible," according to multiple reports. "You could do more investigating into this. I put responsibility on the president. This is obviously a major step in the wrong direction."

Paul, an outspoken libertarian, has been critical of the killing, arguing that the Obama administration operated in an extraconstitutional way in targeting Awlaki without having provided the cleric an opportunity for a trial and defense.

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