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Kirsten Gillibrand is the junior senator from New York. Born in December 1966, Gillibrand was named on January 23, 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton's empty Senate seat.
Gillibrand represented New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her selection. She was born in Albany and attended Dartmouth College and UCLA.
She is in the Special Committee on Aging, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Committee on Environment and Public Works and Committee on Foreign Relations.
Gillibrand represented New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her selection. She was born in Albany and attended Dartmouth College and UCLA.
She is in the Special Committee on Aging, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Committee on Environment and Public Works and Committee on Foreign Relations.
Kirsten Gillibrand is the junior senator from New York. Born in December 1966, Gillibrand was named on January 23, 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton's empty Senate seat.
Gillibrand represented New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her selection. She was born in Albany and attended Dartmouth College and UCLA.
She is in the Special Committee on Aging, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Committee on Environment and Public Works and Committee on Foreign Relations.
Gillibrand represented New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her selection. She was born in Albany and attended Dartmouth College and UCLA.
She is in the Special Committee on Aging, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Committee on Environment and Public Works and Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Allen West's disappointing debut
He belittled the sexual assaults facing women in the military and cast doubts on their battlefield contributions. And in so doing, former Florida Congressman Allen West made the inglorious transition from public servant to a talking head willing to say...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Radio, Abusive Behavior
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Rupert Murdoch Divorce: How Wendi Deng Went Hollywood
VarietyTaking her husband by the elbow, Wendi Deng Murdoch gently nudged Rupert Murdoch toward photographers at this year's Oscars. It was the end of the red carpet, and the News Corp. chairman and CEO was anxious to get to his seat. But Wendi Murdoch, who...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Academy Awards, John McCain, Movies, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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For U.S. military, an enemy within
The Philadelphia InquirerThe following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, June 13: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been leading the charge against the sexual assault crisis in the military, which has been struggling to curb the culture that yielded 26,000...Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Military, Sexual Misconduct, Justice System, John McCain
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Military sexual assault: Senate approves new procedures
The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders....
Tags: John McCain, Jack Reed, U.S. Department of Defense, Carl Levin, National Defense Authorization Act
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Washington's enablers of sexual assault in U.S. military
The Miami HeraldThe following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Friday, June 7: Sexual assault in the military is a crime. Cluelessness should be, too. Then, perhaps, the gaggle of gob-smacked military leaders who appeared before the Senate Armed Services...Tags: U.S. Military, Assault, Armed Forces, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense
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The military still doesn't get it
The military's top uniformed leaders did themselves no favors in their testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee about sexual assaults in the military. Certainly, they were willing to give the problem lip service, but in refusing to...
Tags: John McCain, Sex Crimes, National Defense Authorization Act, Sexual Assault, United States Naval Academy
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Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Premium Rush' on Starz
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES In the Flesh This three-part tale about...
Tags: John McCain, Michael T. McCaul, Henry Kissinger, MSNBC (tv network), Mark Udall
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Brass seeks to temper military justice overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority. The only question is by how much?...
Tags: U.S. Military, Justice System, Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boxer, with more women in Senate, pushes military to end sexual assaults
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Sen. Barbara Boxer says she never imagined how long she'd have to keep fighting to protect women and men in uniform from sexual assault. It's been more than 20 years since the California Democrat was elected to the Senate as an outsider...Tags: U.S. Military, Justice System, Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice
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So far, sequester's effects seem small but destabilizing
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The $85 billion in federal budget cuts called the sequester, which some warned would shake the nation like an earthquake, seems like a series of isolated tremors that are easily overlooked but still destabilizing. Taken as a whole, the...Tags: Ron Wyden, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Government Debt, Unemployment
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Looming food stamp cuts split Democrats, anger anti-hunger groups
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Billions of dollars in funding cuts for food stamps, contained in bills moving through Congress, have split Democratic lawmakers and angered advocates for the poor, who criticize the cuts as heartless attempts to reduce the federal budget...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Steve King, Sherrod Brown
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Equal treatment
Lawmakers are right to make stricter penalties for military personnel found guilty of sexually assault against other veterans. The House Armed Services Committee began consideration on Wednesday of a sweeping, $638 billion defense policy bill for the...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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