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Tim Kaine: “Letting a single individual take us to war based on a secret…”

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

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My Speech Ahead of the Senate's Vote on My War Powers Resolution:

Published | Video Starts at 08:50

But even in that instance, it was always foreseen that Congress would come in and have a debate and agree or not with whether they blessed the mission or not, Letting a single individual take us to war based on a secret list that he won't even reveal to the public or to Congress sets such a dangerous precedent. And if my colleagues, as they stated, believe we should be at war in the Caribbean or at war with nations in the Americas over the narco traffickers, they've had … (08:50–09:00)

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Asserts that allowing a president to unilaterally decide on war based on a secret list is dangerous.

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