Because whether they make a restricted or unrestricted case, they are offered special victims' counsel.

I think this has been a helpful panel, but I feel a little bit of it has gotten into kind of a tug of war over your reactions to proposals that we might make on this side of the aisle, and that is as it ought to be.

Is that now standard, and is it known?

this issue of sexual assault in the military represents an existential threat to our core values

I think it is very important in that regard.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Providing advice won't protect a victim in a court procedure.

The special victims' counsel, in my mind, is one of a set of game-changing things that can help us in this area across the spectrum of issues related to sexual assault.

I think, if I remember the testimony earlier correctly, that one of the things they are seeing is the number of people who come in with restricted reports, but then as they work with their advocate and come to understand the system that…

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I rise to speak briefly about the Senate budget. At the close of my comments, I will make yet another motion to put the Senate budget into conference with the House. As we all know, we were here until 5 a.m. on March 23 to pass the first…

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the U.S. foreign development programs and budget are important.

We need to seek it here.

But if the financial assistance provided is wildly different among nations, that is a different kind of a trade barrier.

aid done right promotes trade, lays the groundwork for trade.

I think we should try to give to our development agencies.

The second question is, from any of you, probably the most significant policy change that is part of the President's development budget, foreign aid budget, is the food aid policy change.

I do believe that we have no choice but to pick winners and losers in this election.

I have very little confidence in the sanctity of the electoral process in Afghanistan.

What is really going to happen... is that the power brokers and outside players... are politicking.

We need to get over the illusion that Pakistan is our friend. They are not.

I am not averse to the idea of the CIA exerting its influence through the use of money.