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Tim Kaine: “They have not answered any of those questions to our…”

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

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Blocking an Illegal War with Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 06:26

You squeeze them and they rat out the higher ups. And then you use that to build criminal prosecution. If you sink a boat to the bottom of the ocean, you don't get the evidence. They have not answered any of those questions to our satisfaction. I opened this by talking about, like a Civics 101 sort of lesson. Right. And like the Civics 101 question here is that Congress is meant to play the role of oversight of the executive branch, not just in this instance, but broadly. (06:26–06:30)

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Asserts that the administration has not satisfactorily answered questions about the strikes.

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