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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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Jul 16, 2014

It will be important for us to find out why you are hesitating to stipulate that the report is factual.

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Jul 16, 2014

So my question to you, Mr. Millikin, if the CEO has just said on the record that this report is factual, why has General Motors refused to stipulate to the Valukas Report as factual in bankruptcy court?

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Jul 16, 2014

I'm going to now ask a question for Senator Rockefeller.

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Jul 16, 2014

Management was the problem here, not the workers.

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Jul 16, 2014

There was indifference, incompetence and deceit among engineers in positions of important responsibility.

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Jul 16, 2014

This switch goes off and on easily, right? It slides to off easily.

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Jul 8, 2014

There's something wrong with that scenario.

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Jul 8, 2014

The notion that you can't forcefully state 'I will go after this and I will make sure that no university allows their athletic department to handle a sexual allegation against one of their team members,' you know, I don't sense that you…

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Jul 8, 2014

I think it would be very interesting for the members of this committee to look at the institutions that voted to go back to a one-year requirement in 2012.

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Jul 8, 2014

One Missouri school did, but the University of Missouri did not.

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Jul 8, 2014

I have a hard time imagining that any student thinks it's in their best interest to get a 1-year scholarship rather than a 4-year scholarship.

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Jul 8, 2014

I think the concern you're raising is spot on.

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Jul 8, 2014

I feel for you, because part of me thinks you're captured by those that you're supposed to regulate.

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Jul 8, 2014

It would be much better for them to be reunited with their families in their home countries in an environment that is safe

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Jul 8, 2014

The root of the problem is the lack of rule of law in these countries.

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Jul 8, 2014

I think we are kidding ourselves that we are not going to be dealing with this kind of crisis on an ongoing basis until we finally get at the systemic problem.

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Jul 8, 2014

I really want to understand what these contracts are, who has them, what they are doing day to day, what the metrics are, how we know they are working, and what the cost of replication is.

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Jul 8, 2014

I agree, and balance is important.

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Jul 8, 2014

We do not have any real indicators that the money we are spending down there on these programs is working

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Jul 8, 2014

We began a program called the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI)

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Jun 25, 2014

I take special interest in ensuring that survivors are given adequate support and feel empowered to make informed decisions regarding the adjudication and disposition of their cases.

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Jun 25, 2014

I have been working on a comprehensive piece of legislation with my colleagues Senators Gillibrand and McCaskill, and I'm hopeful that we can all move forward together in the fight to end campus sexual assault.

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Jun 25, 2014

As you know, about 25 percent of women and 4 percent of men are victims of sexual assault during their college years.

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Jun 17, 2014

I think it is very important to have whistleblower protections for everyone who is working on behalf of the Federal Government.

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Jun 17, 2014

I think that is terrific, and I want to be very encouraging in that regard, because I do think if there is a sense that we cannot conduct oversight, then we begin to have the unraveling of the very foundation of the Intelligence Community…

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