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Tim Kaine: “I strongly believe journalists should have access to [Gaza].”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Kaine on Foreign Press Access to Gaza and Campaign Donations

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

And some senators have been telling me they're Hamas, but there's no evidence of that. What do you think of those journalists who have died? I do not know that statistic. But to your frank first question, I strongly believe journalists should have access to [Gaza]. Gaza and there are still people dying over there. I mean, is there anything that Congress is doing to try to rein in some of the brutality that we're seeing from the Israeli government? (00:24–00:29)

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