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Tim Kaine: “The AUMF would allow us to commence hostilities against a coalition partner, to commence hostilities against a group…”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
The AUMF would allow us to commence hostilities against a coalition partner, to commence hostilities against a group that had no connection to September 11
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine warns that the AUMF could justify war without congressional approval.

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