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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.

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Mar 7, 2018

If there is not a support system in the community, then more domestic violence incidents will end up as homicide incidents.

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Mar 7, 2018

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…

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Mar 7, 2018

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?

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Mar 7, 2018

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?

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Mar 5, 2018

the bear is out of hibernation, grabbing countries and, I would add to that, attacking democracies.

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Mar 5, 2018

those bears are now colluding with Iran to threaten directly our best ally in a very dangerous neighborhood, and that's Israel.

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Mar 5, 2018

the Commander in Chief doesn't appear to be interested in hunting bears, which is very frustrating for all of us.

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Feb 14, 2018

I will tell you I am not going to shut up about this until somebody is held accountable for people driving Bentleys.

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Feb 14, 2018

The notion that you have not been given this mission to stop this from happening this year is outrageous.

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Feb 14, 2018

I am on record that I believe I need a minimum of a Division's worth of armored forces in theater.

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Feb 14, 2018

If you don't have the authority to defend our voting structures, then we've got the ability to fix that.

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Feb 14, 2018

I do think it is an all hands on deck moment for every part of our national security apparatus.

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Feb 14, 2018

If it does not make everybody upset, then something is wrong with them.

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Feb 14, 2018

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.

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Feb 14, 2018

How in the world are taxpayers paying for Alfa-Romeos and Bentleys?

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Feb 14, 2018

The only entity that can go after Russia is the United States military.

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Feb 14, 2018

I can't imagine anything more essential to the United States of America than our democracy.

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Feb 14, 2018

Until we have that moment, Russia is winning. That is disgusting.

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Feb 14, 2018

I would like to consider, with the chairman's, hopefully, support and bipartisan support, something in the NDAA that would open up training slots in our military CBRN schools to first responders just on a space-available basis.

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Feb 14, 2018

You cannot expect the Secretary of State of Missouri to go head to head against the nation state of Russia if they want to attack the American election.

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Feb 14, 2018

Are we strong enough and smart enough that we can keep them from doing this again?

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Feb 13, 2018

There is a new phone system that has been put in. And there are a large number of complaints about how efficiently it is working.

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Feb 13, 2018

Any characterization that prosecutors are not involved in investigating and advising these cases is just incorrect.

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Feb 13, 2018

I've got to know that 'substantiation' is a 'preponderance,' is it 'clear and convincing'? I mean, these are really important considerations.

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Feb 13, 2018

The average length of time that someone had to sit on the phone if they wanted to make a payment in 2017 was 46 minutes.

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