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Jackie Speier: We have done a horrible job. It has gone on now for a quarter of a century.

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
We have done a horrible job. It has gone on now for a quarter of a century.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier criticizes the military's handling of sexual assault cases over the years.

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