Jackie Speier: “I think that what--you are invoking a privilege but has the court upheld it?”

This is a very important hearing because, in fact, we are doing a benchmark review of the work of the DOD.

What specific actions are your services taking to build out military justice career tracks for judge advocates?

This is my last speech on the House floor. I have given hundreds of speeches on this floor, but there will be no more. I am reminded of a quotation, each of us is called to do something, and if we don't do it, it won't get done. For almost…

This NDAA moves us forward in reforming the military justice system. We took sexual assault out of the chain of command last year in the NDAA. This year, we take sexual harassment out of the chain, and we require trained investigators who…