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# Sen. Tim Kaine

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## Sen. Tim Kaine


Tim Kaine is a Democratic U.S. senator representing Virginia.


## Sen. Tim Kaine


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba582ad9e7f65054/69d6c80b8c44cbddbd7bf12c/nato-trump-rubio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 9, 2026  
### [Leaving NATO Would Be National Self-Sabotage](https://time.com/article/2026/04/08/leaving-nato-would-be-national-self-sabotage/)  
Trump’s undermining of the bipartisan pro-NATO consensus makes America and the world less safe, writ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Senators John McCain and Tim Kaine](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84d4fe009b1a173e/698938bd096a94d2366a347c/john-mccain-tim-kaine-senator-death-obituary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2018  
### [Sen. Tim Kaine: What John McCain Taught Me About Governing, Losing and Life](https://time.com/5378683/john-mccain-tim-kaine-senate/)  
Including his wisdom after the 2016 election  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![US-POLITICS-TRUMP](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e19353854af2a4a/6988df87fb4eac146d893e37/donald-trump-north-korea-iran-tim-kaine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2017  
### [Tim Kaine: Backing Out of the Iran Agreement Would Damage America’s Moral Authority](https://time.com/4958238/tim-kaine-donald-trump-iran/)  
The Senator writes it would also injure possible solutions with North Korea  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Picture dated 1931 of German-born Swiss-](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ff6e80e40e249d5/6988d48dcf40a873f3c486dc/donald-trump-budget-arts-innovation-national-endowment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2017  
### [Tim Kaine: People Like Condi Rice and Albert Einstein Show Why We Need the Arts](https://time.com/4846117/trump-budget-nea-arts-funding/)  
How science, math and politics benefit from arts funding  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Trump's Selection For Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted3351ff5c7daf4f/6988b883428a9e1da5cd5bb9/betsy-devos-secretary-education-donald-trump-nominee-disabilities-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 2, 2017  
### [Betsy DeVos Is the Wrong Choice for Secretary of Education](https://time.com/4658065/betsy-devos-secretary-education-nominee/)  
She's proven that she knows little about the constitutional rights of disabilities  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 1, 2016  
### [Gun Violence Is a Public-Health Crisis](https://time.com/4537499/tim-kaine-guns-in-the-hands-of-artists/)  
'We have to make a decision about what matters to us'  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Academic Hall on the campus of University of Missouri, the author's alma mater.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91fcf7f5ad90e485/6988a5b1bc6cfc313f3de8b2/university-of-missouri.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
### [Everyone Deserves Affordable Higher Education](https://time.com/4487330/tim-kaine-higher-education-plan-2/)  
Opportunities to learn should not require becoming tens of thousands of dollars in debt  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Sen. Jeff Flake \(R\) \(R-AZ\) and Sen. Tim Kaine \(L\) \(D-VA\) walk to a closed briefing at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 10, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b941cf596c142a3/698871982dce01dfe69e68d7/kaine-and-flake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2015  
### [Congress Has Been Too Silent on ISIS](https://time.com/4117327/paris-attacks-congress/)  
We must take responsibility for our involvement  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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