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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

First of all, article 120c has been around since 2012. So you have had 5 years to use it, and my first question is going to be have any of you used 120--article 120c in actually enforcing the social media misuse of photographs?

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

I want to have them answer whether or not they will report back to me.

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Ami Bera
@amibera· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

I think the first step is to reassure our allies in the region, the Republic of Korea and Japan, that our commitment to the region, our commitment to the defense of the region has not wavered.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

So revenge porn is normally where it is--it is a photograph, an image that is taken of someone with consent and then subsequently distributed without consent.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

Nothing has changed. Of the 30,000 persons that are on that Marines United website, 730 of them are Active Duty, and 150 of them are Reserves.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

We need to talk about how to end this hatred and misogyny.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

All of these services have had social media policies that state it is against good order and discipline to make disrespectful and derogatory posts.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

I think it would be edifying to you if you all had Facebook pages because it might help you understand how it is being used and misused.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

We have introduced legislation last week that would amend UCMJ to include the prohibition of nonconsensual sharing of explicit photographs.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

I think that you are wrong. I think that this goes to just fundamental values. It goes to fundamental culture.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

If it is not engrained into daily life and operations of the military, then I believe it is not taken seriously.

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Ami Bera
@amibera· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

So that is also a negotiating leverage, that China needs to understand that if North Korea continues on its current path, then it may have more nuclear-armed nations in its neighborhood.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

No one has ever gone on Facebook, looked at nonconsensually posted intimate photos, typed a rape threat, and then stopped and said, Oh, I better not make rape threats, that is against the military's social media policy.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

Framing the issue as military social media policies, frankly, misses the point.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

What measures of effectiveness or metric have been established with respect to your social media policies?

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 20, 2017

It is not a sexual preference. It is a sexual orientation, and it would behoove all of us to use the term that really is reflective of what is a sexual orientation.

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Leon Panetta
@leonpanetta· Democratic · CA· Mar 19, 2017

I really think everybody needs to take a deep breath and allow this investigation to proceed.

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Leon Panetta
@leonpanetta· Democratic · CA· Mar 19, 2017

I just think it's hurting his ability to deal with all of the other issues he's got to confront as president.

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