Tim Kaine actually said...

"I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time."

"The stakes are too high to embark on any other course."

"the United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements we have."

"It is frustrating to us that we have not been able to be more effective in communicating to our constituents the urgency of these issues."