Russia, China, North Korea are major concerns and they are all in the Asia Pacific.

On February 17 of this year, both of those entities sued Donald Trump, President Trump, in the U.S. District Court in the District of Oregon.

We must remain focused on the Asia Pacific pivot.

We must also be very receptive and able to respond to our allies' issues.

It is so important that we remain committed to this region.

You know, a very good friend of mine and mentor, Senator Inouye, always said to me, 'You know, we used to rule the seven seas after World War II. We don't do that anymore, but we will always rule, or we should always rule, the deep blue…

We are here today to address how VAWA serves Hawaii's military families and basically how we are going to address the domestic violence.

Domestic violence touches every corner of our community. It does not depend on race or income.

Actually, Vice President Biden is the one credited for the passage of the original VAWA.

Another thing you said is that they do not trust the chain of command; that the chain of command--it is almost like an assumption that the chain of command will protect whoever is in the service, and they do not feel that they will be in…

Because it would seem that for a military person who is being abused and needs shelter, that they need to be out of that situation.