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Focus: Tim Kaine's Foreign Policy Record - July 24, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 23 July 2016

Clinton picks Kaine, foreign policy heavyweight: he favors 'shoring up democracies’, safe zones in Syria, nuclear modernization - defensenews

Clinton's VP pick Tim Kaine supports Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression - UAWire

Letter to Obama, signed by Kaine, to make U.S. support for Ukraine and Eastern Europe a focus of upcoming NATO summit - senate.gov

ARCHIVE: Defense policy bill, supported by Sen. Kaine, would send weapons to Ukraine - Washington Examiner

Sen. Kaine: Trump's NATO comments ‘very dangerous' - Morning Consult

VIDEO: Tim Kaine: Is NATO obsolete? - C-SPAN.org

Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's VP pick, told us why he wants the US doing more in Syria - Vox

Factcheck: Kaine voted to strike Assad in August 2013 and to train & equip Syrian rebels - All4Syria

ARCHIVE: Kaine: U.S. not creating safe zone in Syria will be considered ‘one of the big mistakes we've made’ (VIDEO) - Washington Free Beacon

ARCHIVE: Letter to Obama, signed by Kaine, calling on the US to set up 'humanitarian safe zones' in Syria - senate.gov

Meet Tim Kaine: he agreed with removing Saddam Hussein from power, and said 'I do share the President's [Bush] view’ - GOP

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US lawmakers duel over plans to upgrade nuclear arsenal - DoD Buzz

Sen. Kaine signed pro-nuclear ‘modernization' letter to the Secretary of Defense - PEACE ACTION

Letter signed by Kaine urging 'nuclear modernization in light of a wide array of strategic challenges facing the United States' - senate.gov

Sanders and other senators call on Obama to scale back plans to develop new, costly, nuclear weapons and reduce the risk of war – PEACE ACTION

Letter to President Obama, signed by Sanders, to cut nuclear weapons spending - senate.gov

ARCHIVE: Sen. Kaine: Sanders is 'an incredibly risky bet' for commander in chief - POLITICO

ARCHIVE: Commentary: US is more secure without new, nuclear-armed cruise missile - defensenews.com

Kaine statement on senate passage of defense bill: it 'contains several provisions he advocated for that will benefit Virginia’s shipbuilding industry and defense community' - senate.gov

Kaine and other senators vote to keep bomber price secret, a severe blow to transparency and fiscal responsibility - pogo.org

ARCHIVE: Kaine: Budget deal good for defense industrial base - nationaldefensemagazine.org

ARCHIVE: Analysts warn budget problems on new carrier Ford to be expected, Kaine says Ford expenses are not out of line with the development of new ships - Military.com

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