If there is not a support system in the community, then more domestic violence incidents will end up as homicide incidents.
Claire McCaskill
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Claire McCaskill is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019. She was the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill focused on issues such as healthcare, military support, and government accountability during her tenure in the Senate. She played a significant role in various legislative efforts and was known for her outspoken views on military contracting and defense spending.
I think this is such an important topic for us to tackle because if you really understand domestic violence, you realize that the unique characteristics of military service and their impact on the family could, in fact, be a dangerous…
Many states have separate criminal offenses for domestic violence. The Uniform Code of Military Justice does not have a separate offense regarding intimate partner violence is that correct?
Do you believe that creating a separate domestic violence offense within the UCMJ may resolve some of the issues with identifying and tracking domestic violence cases in the military?
the bear is out of hibernation, grabbing countries and, I would add to that, attacking democracies.
those bears are now colluding with Iran to threaten directly our best ally in a very dangerous neighborhood, and that's Israel.
the Commander in Chief doesn't appear to be interested in hunting bears, which is very frustrating for all of us.
I will tell you I am not going to shut up about this until somebody is held accountable for people driving Bentleys.
The notion that you have not been given this mission to stop this from happening this year is outrageous.
I am on record that I believe I need a minimum of a Division's worth of armored forces in theater.
If you don't have the authority to defend our voting structures, then we've got the ability to fix that.
I do think it is an all hands on deck moment for every part of our national security apparatus.
Why in the world, when you have audit evidence of this kind of egregious--I do not know at what point it becomes criminal or just gross mismanagement by the Pentagon.
I can't imagine anything more essential to the United States of America than our democracy.