Rep. Speier delivers eighth House speech on rape in the military
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) called on Congress to address the pervasive problem of sexual harassment and rape in the U.S. military for the eighth time on the House floor Thursday morning.
“It is a black eye on this country that must be erased,” she said. “Nineteen thousand rapes a year occur in the military, those are figures determined by the Department of Defense itself.”
Watch video, uploaded to YouTube on September 22, 2011, below:
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