I think it is highly important that we stress to the administration that commencing hostilities that puts American troops or materiel in harm's way in Syria without fresh congressional discussion and approval... would be enormously controversial.
On the recordMay 15, 2013
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Kaine emphasizes the need for congressional approval before military action in Syria.
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