the current authorization, tim kaine said, is inadequate.  | ap photo by louis nelson 10/24/16 08:31 am edt hillary clinton would waste little time if elected president in seeking an updated bill from congress to revise the current authorization for use of military force against the islamic state, her running mate said in an interview published monday. "hillary has said that that's something she wants to do very early in her administration," virginia sen. tim kaine said on <u+201c>the axe files,<u+201d> a political podcast hosted by david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president barack obama. story continued below the ongoing military action against the islamic state is being carried out under the authorization passed by congress on sept. 14, 2001, in the wake of the sept. 11 terrorist attacks. the obama administration has argued that that authorization is sufficient, but kaine, a member of the senate armed services committee, said a revised authorization is warranted. "it's time for congress to get back in the game and refine and revise that authorization, and really look at what it is to be engaged in military action against non-state terrorist groups,<u+201d> kaine told axelrod on his podcast, produced by cnn and the university of chicago institute of politics. the current authorization, kaine said, is inadequate at least in part because it is a "60-word authorization that was passed on sept. 14, 2001, when about 70 percent of the current congress wasn't there when that vote was cast." by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
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