05/18/2015
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"Our mission is to be most effective and efficient in keeping Americans and our allies safe from terrorism and to have this exclusion continue or not to maximize this important resource is unacceptable..."
"Civil society, the rule of law, and the focus of our hearing this afternoon--women--are integral to our success in countering the terrorist threats we face today."
"Far too often, women don't know or trust who they can go to with that information or, worse yet, when some of them brought their concerns to law enforcement, they are ignored."
"Quite frankly, in 2001 no one imagined how much the threat of terrorism would, indeed, change."