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United States Senator Tim Kaine, reflecting on his recent trip to India, said he not only saw new opportunities to foster US-India trade and economic ties under the Narendra Modi government, but also saw the necessity to ante up joint counter-terrorism cooperation. Kaine, chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, which has jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the Indian Subcontinent, was accompanied by Senator Angus King, an independe...Continue Reading

Last month, when a group of seven Girl Scouts from Hampton Roads met with Sen. Tim Kaine to talk about science, technology, engineering and math education they (and he) probably figured they were talking about a subject – career and technical education and girls’ access to it – particularly important to the senator, and to the girls. But they were, of course, also talking about something else: being engaged in civic and political life. Thinking of that, a new survey by the Girl...Continue Reading

Why is India important to the United States? My recent visit to India left me more convinced than ever that the growing partnership between the United States and India will be a leading force for security, democracy and prosperity in the 21st century. Since both countries signed the U.S-India civil nuclear deal, the relationship has grown by leaps and bounds. The breadth of our cooperation ranges from counterterrorism and cyber security, to space exploration and clean energy. But it is not just ...Continue Reading

GATE CITY, Va. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the Scott County Telephone Cooperative with a $3 million grant to establish a broadband network in a section of Dickenson County, Virginia. On Wednesday, the USDA awarded $190.5 million in grants and loans to make broadband and other advanced communications infrastructure improvements in rural areas around the country, including in southwest Virginia. The Scott County Telephone Cooperative has received several multi-million do...Continue Reading

Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, D-Va., on Tuesday criticized Congress for its refusal to debate and vote on authorizing the use of military force against Islamic State militants before the Nov. 4 elections. “Why would we adjourn on the 18th of September, which is the second earliest recess before a midterm election since 1960, with a war underway that Virginians are serving in? Why would we adjourn without debating that?” Kaine said in a midday Public Square, hosted by the Richmond Times-Disp...Continue Reading

Five-months after the landslide election of Narendra Modi as India's prime minister, U.S. lawmakers are increasingly optimistic about prospects for more robust security cooperation and greater bilateral trade and investment. “Right after the Modi government came in, from afar I looked at it and saw this as a great opportunity for deeper economic integration  . . .  also military and security cooperation,” Sen Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of both the Senate Armed Services and ...Continue Reading

Journalists occasionally joke that public figures “commit news.” On Tuesday Sen. Tim Kaine committed clarity and civility. The Virginia Democrat addressed The Times-Dispatch’s Public Square on war powers. He opened with a history of war-making; he spoke of the constitutional roles played by the president and the Congress. The Constitution identifies the president as the commander-in-chief and vests in Congress the power to declare war. Kaine explained that Congress has formally...Continue Reading

Nearly two years into his first term, Virginia’s junior senator, Timothy M. Kaine, has eased into his role as a leader on foreign relations and military affairs, a role that he did not necessarily seek when he ran for the office in 2012. “When I was a candidate, I certainly talked about our military as a huge talent pool that we need to take advantage of as people transition into civilian life,” Kaine said in an interview Friday. He had returned from his most recent trip to the...Continue Reading

The United States has not formally declared war since World War II. It has intervened militarily on numerous occasions, nevertheless. Americans have died in combat. The Constitution recognizes the president as commander-in-chief. It grants Congress the power to declare war. The situations since World War II have raised questions about the relationship between the executive and legislative branches regarding the defense of the realm. In 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which has d...Continue Reading

AUGUSTA, Maine — Sens. Angus King and Tim Kaine are back in Washington after wrapping up a nine-day swing through the Middle East and south-central Asia with a visit to Qatar. The senators met Tuesday with Qatar’s prime minister and visited an air base that functions as the nerve center for the air campaign in Afghanistan and against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. At the base, the independent from Maine and Democrat from Virginia received a briefing from the deputy comman...Continue Reading

Throughout my life, I have witnessed the value of career and technical education. When I was growing up, my dad ran an ironworking shop where my mother, my brothers and I worked. During a good year, he employed seven welders and ironworkers. During a lean year, he employed five. As I watched them work, I learned to appreciate the tremendous craftsmanship and skill that went into ironworking. But at school, teachers and students often spoke about skills-based trades as if they were second-rate ca...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine has concluded a four-day trip India, during which he travelled with U.S. Sen. Angus King. He's moving on to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kaine chairs the Senate's Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs. Due to Shad Plank's noticeable lack of being India, we're just going to drop a couple paragraphs of Kaine's press release here: In New Delhi, the senators met with senior Indian defense and foreign affairs officials, including National ...Continue Reading

The creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse is another important step when it comes to addressing the deadly scourge of prescription drug abuse in Virginia. Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed executive order 29 last month establishing the new task force, which is charged with recommending immediate steps to address the epidemic of prescription opiod and heroin abuse in the Commonwealth. The governor’s order also asks the task force to suggest strategies t...Continue Reading

Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, D-Va.: “In letting the Fourth Circuit's decision stand, the Supreme Court has given loving couples across the commonwealth the freedom to marry. I join countless Virginians in celebrating the end of the discriminatory constitutional ban that has denied same-sex couples this fundamental right. Today, we have taken a major step toward Jefferson’s ideal that ‘all men are created equal.’" Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va. “Allowing people to marry who th...Continue Reading

Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine is urging the Bureau of Indian Affairs to loosen requirements for federal recognition because six Virginia tribes remain locked out. Six Virginia tribes are recognized by the British government but not U-S officials. That’s why Kaine says the Bureau of Indian Affairs – or B-I-A – needs to revamp criteria in order to secure the benefits of being a Native American tribe for the Virginia tribes. “The requirements at the BIA make it virtu...Continue Reading

ORANGE, Va. — In June, after he had written a scorching opinion article seeking to constrain the president’s unilateral power to make war, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, one of Barack Obama’s earliest supporters, buttonholed the commander in chief at the White House for what he called “a spirited discussion.” The militants of the Islamic State were pouring across the Syrian border into Iraq, and seizing cities where so much American blood and treasure had been spill...Continue Reading

When asked if he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up, Carson Ray is quick to correct. He wants to be an astronomer. But on Saturday, the 9-year-old was still interested in what astronauts carry with them to space. Underneath NASA’s “Earth Dome” tent on Virginia Tech’s Drillfield, Carson examined pouches of space food. After all, the information may come in handy when he dresses up as an astronaut later this month to go trick-or-treating. Hundreds of people attended ...Continue Reading

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va (WVIR) - The Boys & Girls Club has officially opened a new facility for children in Albemarle, Buckingham, and Fluvanna counties in the Old Scottsville School building. The James River Club celebrated the grand opening of its new space Saturday, though programs, such as cooking classes, started earlier this summer. "All of these people are here to show the kids that they support them, and their future, so we're really excited about that,” said James Pierce, directo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "successful trip" to the US, two top American Senators would soon be travelling to India, during which they would meet senior defence and foreign affairs officials and pay their respect to the victims of 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Senators Angus King from Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, and Tim Kaine from Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South ...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is making another push to recognize six Virginia Indian tribes, including the Nansemond, through his support of a proposed rule that would bring more flexibility to the process. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs governs the process by which tribes in America can gain recognition from the federal government, and the benefits that come along with it. But even a summary of the proposed rule change acknowledges that the process has been ...Continue Reading