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Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine is a United States Senator from Virginia, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Virginia from January 14, 2006, to January 16, 2010. Kaine has been an advocate for various issues including education, healthcare, and military engagement, emphasizing the importance of Congress's role in declaring war and authorizing military force. He also served as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee, contributing to the party's strategy and outreach efforts during his tenure.

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Jul 24, 2018

He even went so far as to cast doubt on the United States' willingness to enforce article 5 of the NATO treaty.

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Jul 24, 2018

We really need a clear understanding as to what is going on, what our President is agreeing to, and what our strategy is on a number of issues.

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Jul 24, 2018

We have yet to hear or see anything that provides us with real confidence that North Korea... no longer poses a threat to the United States.

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Jul 24, 2018

In the face of these hostilities and the summit's aftermath, we saw an American President who appeared submissive and deferential.

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Jul 24, 2018

I worry about an administration that would take the Putin position over our intel community.

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Jul 24, 2018

I am confident that the Russians are endeavoring to divide, to separate us from our allies to create space to find partners for themselves around the world...

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Jul 24, 2018

There was the suggestion when President Trump said it was an incredible offer about Ambassador McFaul, that he was also potentially willing to throw not just intel folks under the bus but State Department diplomats under the bus.

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Jul 24, 2018

I cannot tell you how encouraged I am by this. I think with our collective leverage brought to bear, perhaps even ultimately pulling in other G7 countries...

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Jul 24, 2018

The American people expect and I believe they deserve to know what happened.

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Jul 24, 2018

I was very discouraged at the Helsinki summit when the President basically was offered a choice in some of the questions, did he believe U.S. intel or did he believe Vladimir Putin's protestations that he had engaged in hacking of the…

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Jul 24, 2018

The President has called him very talented and that he loves his people. Really?

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Jul 24, 2018

The Singapore agreement seems more the art of concessions than the art of the deal.

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Jul 24, 2018

As far as you know, General Votel's statements did not violate any official position of the United States. Did they?

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Jul 24, 2018

I worry about the administration that would suggest it might be a great deal to consider handing over a former diplomat for questioning.

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Jul 24, 2018

I was going to ask about General Votel, the information that Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Shaheen, mentioned earlier.

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Jul 24, 2018

I worry about an administration that is catching the Pentagon off guard.

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Jul 24, 2018

We have not seen any substantive deals or strategies that put Americans or American national security first.

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Jul 23, 2018

Rejoining TPP is among the most important things we can do to advance our economic position in Asia and erode the effectiveness of China's economic coercion.

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Jul 23, 2018

I do not like being accused as a Member of this body when I raise a question about the murder of a journalist...

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Jul 23, 2018

So there is no allegation that Falun Gong are participating in terrorist activities or things like that, as far as you know.

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Jul 23, 2018

The Department will fully implement the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, if it is signed into law.

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Jul 23, 2018

We have a constitutional provision, the Third Amendment, that is one of the least used of all, which prohibits the quartering of government troops in people's homes.

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Jul 23, 2018

American democracy is not obsolete, and that U.S. leadership on human rights is not temporary.

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Jul 23, 2018

That is staggering. And I have seen public reports or press reports that it is a million.

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Jul 23, 2018

The effectiveness of China's economic coercion is based in large part on perceptions and often misperceptions of China's ascension and American decline.

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