Tim Kaine Wanted More From State of the Union on War Authorization

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Tim Kaine Wanted More From State of the Union on War Authorization  By Tim Starks We touched on it a bit earlier, how President Obama in his State of the Union address called for a war authorization to fight the Islamic State group, but didn't specify what the war authorization should say. Here's Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a leading thinker and advocate in Congress on the topic, with a fairly resounding condemnation of that portion of the speech: Full story In Ernst GOP SOTU Response, No Security Disagreement  By Tim Starks Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said at the beginning of her official GOP response speech Tuesday night to the president's State of the Union address, "Even if we may not always agree, it's important to hear different points of view in this great country." Then, on security, she proceeded to offer no different point of view from Barack Obama. Full story ICYMI: Yemen Conflict Complicates U.S. Policy, Politics Picture

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