Activists question speed of rape reforms (in our military - the creeps)

[donsu]

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E30137%7E2266964,00.html

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Late last week, 48 members of Congress sent a letter to Rumsfeld demanding more answers and more support for victims and "not summits," referring to a key task force recommendation calling for a high-level gathering of commanders to mete out policy initiatives.

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"Here's the situation: Our servicewomen in Iraq continue to make reports of sexual assaults, and DOD puts out a report that talks about convening summits and developing policies," Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said in a statement Friday. "They (victims) need confidentiality in reporting. They need DNA evidence kits available and trained personnel to administer them. They need to know that if they report an assault, they will not be put through the ringer by the military and possibly kicked out. And they need these things now."

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Meanwhile, the tally of female soldiers seeking assistance from civilian agencies for sex assaults by fellow service members nears 200. And civilian advocates and counselors from across the country are meeting in Denver this week - at the 11th annual conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - in part to discuss the military's problems.

"Alarmingly, there still is not sufficient medical attention (and supplies) for victims," said Christine Hansen, executive director of the Connecticut- based Miles Foundation. Hansen will speak at the conference today.
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why any woman is a republican is beyond me.

is it the co-dependent thing?

uneducated?

religiously insane?

[Wabbajack]

1. Women can be stupid same as men

[donsu]

2. it's deeper then that, Wabbajack - it's as deep as a womb

I'd say that the military women in Iraq who have been raped need civilian lawyers. their rapist need to be arrested and put to trial and tested for stds. their military officers should be charged, demoted and shamed.