[Daily Caller] Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine broke with nominee Hillary Clinton Sunday, saying the U.S. did not have the authority to launch airstrikes against Islamic State in Libya.
"I don’t think the current legal authorities are sufficient to wage this war against ISIL," Kaine said Sunday in an interview on NBC’s "Meet the Press." "I have very grave doubts about whether the legal authorities currently in place allow us to wage an offensive war against ISIL."
Kaine’s statement represents a break from Clinton’s position, which she explicated during a Democratic debate in November, 2015, The Wall Street Journal reports.
In response to a question on whether or not she thought the 2001 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) applies to the new fight against ISIS, she stated, "It certainly does."
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