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.
We need to do everything we can to facilitate Americans wanting to return home from anywhere in the region.
I don't want to be lied into another war in the way we were with Iraq in 2002.
I happen to think that getting into a third offensive war in the Middle East in the last 25 years is absolutely reckless and foolish.
We should not be sending troops, and risking troops' lives in an offensive war without a debate in Congress.
I think it's, it's BS, and I think anybody hearing it would conclude the same thing.
The United States should not be in an offensive war against Iran without a vote of Congress.
Congress needs to authorize a war against Iran. This Trump war against Iran. We have not.
I fear deeply we're being misled about this, just as we were before we tragically got into a war with Iraq.
The American public is overwhelmingly opposed to the U.S. waging war on Iran.
I will push for all Senators to vote on whether they are for this third idiotic Middle East war.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. That's why I filed a resolution to require a debate and vote in Congress before we send our nation's men and women in uniform into harm's way.
A third war in the Middle East in this century would be a horrible, horrible mistake, and it's going to put U.S. service members at risk and also risk destabilizing the region.
My war powers resolution simply underscores the Constitutional requirement that war with Iran be explicitly authorized by Congress.
This resolution will ensure that if we decide to place our nation's men and women in uniform into harm's way, we will have a debate and vote on it in Congress.
I happen to believe that the United States engaging in a war against Iran, a third war in the Middle East since 2001, would be a catastrophic blunder for this country.
I introduced a war powers resolution intended to prevent the president from attacking Iran without congressional debate and authorization.
Require congressional debate and a vote to authorize U.S. entry into the Israel-Iran conflict
I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another endless conflict.
The question of whether United States forces should be engaged in hostilities against Iran can only be answered by Congress.
For prioritizing diplomacy and refraining from participating in the military strikes.





