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Tim Kaine: “If both General Austin and Dr. Kagan suggest that this is a multiyear effort, I am struck... by the fact that we are 14…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
If both General Austin and Dr. Kagan suggest that this is a multiyear effort, I am struck... by the fact that we are 14 months in into a war, and we have said virtually nothing about it.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights the lack of discussion on a prolonged military effort against ISIL.

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