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On the recordMay 1, 2017
So this report, Dr. Van Winkle made note of it, shows that 47 percent of those who were polled said that they were sexually harassed at the military academies.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Speier highlights alarming sexual harassment statistics among military academy cadets.

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