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Tim Kaine: “Shouldn't we be conditions-based? I mean, are we really going to elevate a BCA cap that we voted on in August 2011…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
Shouldn't we be conditions-based? I mean, are we really going to elevate a BCA cap that we voted on in August 2011 before North Korea's cyberattack, before Putin went into the Ukraine, before ISIL was grabbing acres?
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine argues for a conditions-based approach to national defense over outdated budget caps.

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