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Tim Kaine: “If Congress allows the President to begin this campaign against ISIL and as he said go on offense against ISIL without…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2014
If Congress allows the President to begin this campaign against ISIL and as he said go on offense against ISIL without Congress authorizing it, we will have created a horrible President.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine warns about the implications of presidential military action without Congressional approval.

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