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On the recordOctober 15, 2014
We do not necessarily know the full extent of this problem in either the military side or the civilian side, because just as sexual assault is underreported, probably this is also underreported.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono highlights the underreporting of domestic violence in military and civilian contexts.

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