
Sen. Kaine continues defense tour in Salem, Charlottesville
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a new member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced Secretary of State John Kerry today at his first major foreign policy speech.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a new member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced Secretary of State John Kerry today at his first major foreign policy speech.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine announced his strong support of Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense and voted to advance his nomination to the full Senate for consideration.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, traveled to Fort Belvoir on Monday to visit the hospital, participate in a roundtable with wounded warriors, and tour the base.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine questioned Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey on Thursday on the devastating effects sequestration is already having in Virginia.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met on Monday with more than two dozen defense contractors in Northern Virginia to discuss the possible impact of sequester cuts on the defense industry and on Northern Virginia’s economy, as well as ongoing uncertainty over the current year’s appropriations.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are joining bipartisan efforts to push immigration reform in a Congress that has been reluctant at best to move on the issue.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Friday joined Vice President Joe Biden, Representative Bobby Scott, mental health experts, and law enforcement officials from Virginia for a roundtable discussion to highlight strategies to reduce gun violence. The event at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond acted as a forum for Kaine and others to outline measures that were taken after the Virginia Tech tragedy to curb incidences of gun violence and mass shootings.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the following statement following his first vote as a senator. Kaine voted in favor of the compromise reached to reform the filibuster:

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced on Wednesday a lifting of the ban on women serving in military combat. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine issued statements of praise for the move.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who will serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after meeting with President Obama’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense, Sen. Chuck Hagel.
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