So while there have been some improvements, then given the severity of the problem, more can be done?

The figures are some 22,000-plus sexual assaults occur in the military in a given year, and only a very insignificant number of these crimes are ever reported to the chain of command.

If I don't have to deal with sexual assault and I can continue going on with what my mission is, to make the unit ready... they would like to do that.

In March 2013, Senator Mazie Hirono introduced S. 519, the Pre-K Act to direct the U.S. Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve State-funded preschool programs.

Let us just tell perpetrators: 'don't rape.' Okay. So you get all the perpetrators in a room and tell them 'don't rape,' but you are still going to allow them to serve?

I want to start by saying that I am disappointed in the overall MILCON reductions, as I am sure all of you are.

I know that there's pressure everywhere in the DOD budget; tradeoffs have to be made while managing RIFs.

I believe that there is enough on the commander's plate, and the fact that there is just entirely too many conflicts of interest...

You, too, support removing the chain of command from the decision to prosecute these crimes?

I am especially concerned about reports that women are confined in solitary for reporting abuse, including sexual abuse, by the Bureau of Prisons staff.

97 percent of our prisoners do get released into the community, so we really need to pay attention to what is happening with them.

there is overwhelming bipartisan support to repeal the COLA reduction for military retirees that was enacted last December in the budget bill. The debate now is whether and how to pay for the cost of this repeal. I agree with my friend…