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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Ms. Barna, if you intend to ask questions of servicemembers and spouses regarding domestic violence, why wouldn't you…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2018
Ms. Barna, if you intend to ask questions of servicemembers and spouses regarding domestic violence, why wouldn't you also ask questions in these two surveys about child abuse prevalence?
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand questions the omission of child abuse questions in surveys about domestic violence.

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